Stella Dadzie

Stella Dadzie is a black feminist activist, artist and writer. She co-authored The Heart of the Race (1985) with Beverley Bryan and Suzanne Scafe, republished by Verso in 2018, and is the author of A Kick in the Belly (2020), an incisive study of black women’s resistance under slavery. A deposit of Stella's archive is housed in the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton.

• Introduction Body BluesThe NurseAngry Black Women– A Black Feminist Perspective on Mental Health and the NHSHairvolutionRasta CornrollSalonReflections/1Body Blues CrossingOceansBreakfast inAbelenkpeAnomabuThe ShipInterview:Telling TalesElmina Why is Slaverysuch a Taboo Subject?Reflections/2En Route to SouthAfricaAll-a-We Echoes ofEmpireShared AgendaSome Thoughtsabout Racism & Empire/ Adapted from the Foreword to Black People &The British Empire by Peter Fryer This Time itHappened with FireAfter the StormElection feverRush-hour Inner Visions VoicesA Smile for theCamera?Half-casteSexual healingThank YouTouching the Faceof GodReflections/3Brush StrokesAncient Roots Sisters ChantDo You Remember?The Black Women’sMovementAmerican RouletteTwo Sisters in SpetsesWho’s PlayingSilly Games?Reflections/4Bajan BlessingsWomen’s StudyCamp, SloveniaPeaceHaringey: Context& Crucible

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