Shake up Your Social Media Black Voices to Follow on Your Favourite Social Feed

Shake up your social media Black voices to follow on your favourite social feed

It’s easy to exist in neat online bubbles. Full of people who reflect our own views. While this might feelcomfortable, it means we don’t hear from a diverse range of voices. To help burst this bubble, we asked our people to share the Black voices they’re listening to. We’ve worked with our Multicultural Network to pick our top 60 suggestions to add to your favourite feed. While we’re shining a light on the individuals and organisations in this list, we don’t endorse their views.

Art, entertainment & sport

Akala Hip Hop Artist and Writer. Kenya Hunt Fashion Director, Grazia UK.

Ava DuVernay Writer, Producer, Director and Distributor of Lewis Hamilton British Formula 1 driver and six time F1 World Champion. independent film. Marcus Rashford Professional footballer, Manchester United and England. Bozoma Saint John American Businesswoman and Marketing Executive. Current Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix. Michaela Coel British Actress, Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Singer, David Harewood MBE British Actor and Presenter. Songwriter, Poet and Playwright.

Misan Harriman Photographer and Founder of What We See. Dina Asher-Smith British sprinter. Fastest British woman in recorded history.

Omar Johnson Founder, ØPUS United. Former CMO at Beats by Dr. Dre Edward Enninful OBE Editor-in-Chief, British Vogue. and Vice President of Marketing at Apple.

Ekow Eshun British Writer, Journalist, Broadcaster and Curator. Reggie Yates Writer, Director and Broadcaster.

Emmanuel Acho Fox Sports Analyst and Host/Producer of Uncomfortable Simon Frederick Photographer and Film Director. Conversations with a Black Man. Sir David Adjaye OBE Award-winning British Architect. George The Poet London-based spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage. Viola Davis Academy-Award winning Actress, Philanthropist, Gina Yashere Award-winning Comedian. and CEO/Co-Founder of JuVee Productions.

Zuby Rapper, Author, Speaker and Coach. Jamal Edwards MBE, Entrepreneur, Music Executive and Founder of the online MBA music platform SBTV. John Boyega British Actor.

Authors & academics

Candice Brathwaite ‘ Mummy blogger’, Influencer and Founder of Make Giselle Buchanan EcoWomanist, Afro-Caribbean American Writer, Motherhood Diverse. Artist and workshop facilitator.

Candice Carty-Williams Writer and Author of the Sunday Times bestselling Ibram X. Kendi Historian, Author and Academic. Author of Queenie. How To Be An Antiracist

Chimamanda Writer, Author and Speaker. Layla F. Saad Author, Speaker, Teacher, Podcast Host and Founder Ngozi Adichie of Good Ancestor Academy. Author of Me and White Supremacy. David Olusoga OBE British-Nigerian Historian, Broadcaster and Film-maker. Reni Eddo-Lodge London based, award-winning Author and Journalist. Author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race. Doyin Atewologun Leadership, Bias and Inclusion Expert. Roxane Gay Writer, Professor, Editor, Social Commentator and Emma Dabiri Irish-Nigerian, London based writer. Author of bestselling Author. Don’t Touch My Hair.

Charity & education

Black history Instagram account telling Black history. No White Saviours Advocacy campaign led by a majority female, African team of professionals based in Kampala, Uganda. Black Lives Matter UK Official page for Black Lives Matter UK. Stephen Lawrence Work with young people from disadvantaged Boukman Academy Black-owned, Pan-African online school which offers Charitable Trust backgrounds to inspire and enable them to succeed. a decolonised and inclusive curriculum. The Black Curriculum A Social Enterprise founded to address the lack of Discover, explore and celebrate well-known and unknown Good Black Reads Black British History in the UK curriculum. Black literary works from around the world. Tiwalola Ogunlesi Founder of Confident & Killing It - the self-love revolution Founder and CEO of BYP Network, a community for Kike Oniwinde that wakes women and girls up to their worth. Black professionals to connect. Uncolonial History Working to change who tells history.

Lifestyle & culture

As a Black Person Amplifying and uplifting Black voices in the UK. Leap of Dance Lagos dance school providing quality ballet education in the UK Academy to young artists. Black Cultural National heritage centre dedicated to collecting, Otegha Uwagba Writer, Speaker, and Founder of Women Who, Archives preserving and celebrating the histories of African a platform aimed at creative women. and Caribbean people in Britain. Rachel Cargle Academic and Writer whose work is rooted in exploring Black Owned London A guide to Black London. People, businesses and places. the intersection of race and womanhood. Slay In Your Lane A bestselling guide to life for Black British women. Blakademik Online show giving Black individuals a space to debate current affairs. Transparent Black Girl Wellness company shattering unconventional stigmas In My Sunday Best Senior Architectural Designer, Writer and Blogger. surrounding what it means to be well for Black women.

Politics & activism

Barack Obama American Politican and Attorney who served as the Fivexmore Campaign to address why Black women in the UK are five 44th President of the United States. times more likely to die during pregnancy and after childbirth.

Chuka Umunna Executive Director & Head of Environmental, Heather McGhee American political Commentator, Strategist, Senior Fellow Social and Governance at Edelman UK. Former Member and former President of Demos – a non-profit progressive of Parliament for Streatham. US think tank.

Color of Change Design campaigns to end practices that unfairly hold Michelle Obama Lawyer, Writer and First Lady of the United States Black people back. from 2009 to 2017.

David Lammy Labour MP for Tottenham. Shadow Lord Chancellor Shaun Bailey Conservative candidate for London Mayor. and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice. Tarana Burke Civil Rights Activist, Community Organiser and original Dr Shola Lawyer, Founder of Women in Leadership Publication, Founder of the #MeToo movement. Mos-Shogbamimu Political and Women’s rights activist.

Feel free to share this list with your friends, family and colleagues so you can shake up your social together. You can find out more about ourBlack Action Plan here.