Day 3: Paris Blues in Harlem & Abiodun’s in Morningside.

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

“Paris Blues been here forty four years” says Sam the proud owner straight out of central casting for a Chester Himes novel “The police were more criminal than the criminals”. Sam leaves us to Read more [...]

Day 2. Night and day Live at The Shrine in Harlem

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

The Shrine’s on Malcom X blvd in the heart of Harlem. Umar Bin Hassan is sat on the island in the middle of the boulevard with Natasha “Lemn come sit here man” he says in his gravel voice Read more [...]

What Burgers Have Taught Me.

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Buyers panic when they think goods will run out. Sellers panic when the buyers run out. What buyers do when they panic-buy is buy stuff. But what do sellers do? They panic-sell. Marketing! Read more [...]

Day 2. Morning Coffee in Harlem

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

So here’s how I know Megan Bandle. Mandela was made president in 1994 and it's fair to say South Africa was experiencing a post apartheid honeymoon period. The year after I performed Jo’burg Read more [...]

Day one in Harlem, New York.

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Day one. It’s thirty minutes into Monday. The woman next to me crosses her self and closes her eyes as the plane lands. Touch down. While a haggle of New York Jewish guys negotiate with a taxi driver Read more [...]

A Letter for Mercy Mercy

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Dear Mercy, I’m flying through the air hundreds of miles an hour hundreds of miles high. I’m not Superman. We have something in common. You, Superman and me. Later on I’ll tell you what it Read more [...]

Interview with Director and Editor of Mercy Mercy

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

If you've seen the film Mercy Mercy then you should see this interview recorded a few months ago by the editor ORTEN HØJBJERG and the director KATRINE W. KJÆR. 1,580 views so far. Mercy Mercy Read more [...]

Mercy Mercy My Review

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

The adoptive mother describes the child whom they'd taken some years earlier from Ethiopia as having grown into a person with a wild look in her eyes. It was like seeing an exorcist. This is immediately Read more [...]

Mercy Mercy Mercy Mercy

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Every Ethiopian, Eritrean, American and European who has any interest in race, identity, loss, storytelling, psychology, childhood, religion, nationhood, documentary making, or intercontinental Read more [...]

Tesco write poetry? So do I.

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Lemn Sissay