I am a community activist and writer based in Hackney:

I manage violence reduction programmes and am frequently instructed as an expert defence witness in court cases concerning ‘gangs’, technology and social media, and youth culture. I write about issues like police brutality and the criminalisation of culture in publications ranging from The Guardian to Cambridge University Press. I consult with charities and organisations on a range of community and creative projects.

SELECTED WORKS

My non-fiction debut “A Quick Ting on Grime” is forthcoming on Jacaranda Books and available for preorder now.

 

I wrote in The Guardian in response to the Casey and Dame de Souza reports detailing police malpractice leading to Black children as young as 8 being regularly strip-searched

I’m frequently instructed as an expert defence witness scrutinising police evidence in court cases involving ‘gangs’, violence & youth culture, especially music

 

I was part of the production team of "One Week in August", a 2021 BBC Two documentary which reverently reflects on the 2011 riots

I am a co-author of this 2022 Manchester University report investigating racial disproportionality in the UK judiciary

My paper as published in the December 22 special issue of the Popular Music journal by Cambridge University Press

I wrote in The Guardian about the tragic shooting of Chris Kaba by the Metropolitan Police in Streatham in September 2022

I wrote in The Independent about how lockdown could exacerbate issues around youth violence and safeguarding in the city

 

I am Safeguarding Lead of "PATTERN", a project which delivers workshops exploring culture, Sociology, and English with students at risk of harm or educational or social exclusion

 

I was commissioned by BBC3 to produce this short film about violence induced trauma and author a corresponding article

 
 
 
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