KING SMADE Setting the NATIONAL Afrobeat HIV TESTING Scene WEEK Alight 5 Reasons Why You Should Get Involved

The healthier lifestyle magazine for Africans Issue 20 - Winter 2018

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What SEXUAL BLACK CONSENT What does PANTHER it actually taught us mean? about Africa PLUS ADOPTION. HEALTH. SUPPORT. Linford Christie, 57, Athlete

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4924 Mambo advert.indd 2 25/10/2017 16:57 culture Dear Readers, 04 An A-Z of Marvel’s Black Panther from Daphne Welcome to the latest issue of . Kasambala

The end of the year is within sight, and what people a year it’s been. We hope to share some 08 Afrobeats legend King Smade talks success of the exciting things that have been happening in our community. health 10 5 reasons why you The latest figures show that stopping HIV is right at our fingertips, it’s a should test for HIV momentous time. All the new ways we have to stop it are working, like treatment and PrEP (find out more inside). But while less people are being diagnosed with cuisine HIV, many of us are testing late and missing out on vital treatment. In this issue 16 Try out Sisi Jemimah’s we speak to a number of people with and without HIV, and they told us five recipe for Jollof Party Rice great reasons why you should get tested now. parenting Kerri Virani takes We’ve been at his heels for months, and we finally tracked down Afrobeats 18 us through the adoption showbiz legend and promoter King Smade who offered his tips for success, process and told us how important it’s been to celebrate and promote African music and its biggest stars. Daphne Kasambala takes a long hard look at Ask the experts Black Panther, and finds that it’s not just another Marvel blockbuster, 24Our experts answer but an immersive experience in African culture, history, folklore and music. your dilemmas Don’t watch the movie without her A-Z guide.

In Ask the Experts, our team of health experts, medics and community figures 26 relationships provide solutions to your problems. If you need advice, or some help with a In the light of #MeToo, a guide to sexual consent problem, please get in touch and one of our experts will respond to you. from FPA

Happy reading and from all of us at mambo, we wish you a wonderful support festive season. 28Help and support Taku Mukiwa African 30round-up @tht.org.uk News from across the continent

© Terrence Higgins Trust, November 2018. Code: 0191001. YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE! Registered office: Find us on 314-320 Gray’s In Road, We would like to know what you think of Facebook London WC1X 8DP. magazine. If you have any questions Terrence Higgins Trust is a www.facebook.com/ registered charity in England about this resource, or would like information and Wales (reg. no. 288527) on the evidence used to produce it, Lifestyle and in Scotland (SC039986). Company reg. no. 1778149. please email @tht.org.uk Follow us A company limited by guarantee. Alternatively, you could write to: on Twitter The Editor, magazine, Cover photograph by @ Lifestyle THOMAS KNIGHTS Terrence Higgins Trust, 314-320 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DP. Winter 2018 03 BLACK PANTHER AN A-Z OF AFRICAN NUGGETS By Daphne Kasambala

Black Panther is more than just another Marvel blockbuster. It’s the first based on a black African superhero, but it also strives to represent Africa as the culturally rich place it is, adopting its history, mythology and folklore, and showcasing its attributes and heroic elements in a way that’s both Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: T’Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) empowering and entertaining. Photo: Matt Kennedy ©Marvel Studios 2018

Enjoy this spoiler-free A-Z guide – don’t watch the movie without it!

FROFUTURISM distinctive wool Basotho Blankets AThe movie owes its vision to Afrofuturism, (the Seanamarena, which means ‘to swear by imagining a radical utopian future, incorporating the Chiefs’ in Sotho language). African and Diasporan peoples. It emerged in the 1950s, a reaction to injustices faced by African Americans, and appears in literature (read Octavia Butler’s sci-fi books), art and music (think George Clinton and the jazz musician Sun Ra), and is still adopted by artists like Erykah Badu, Solange Knowles and Janelle Monae. Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: Ayo (Florence Kasumba) and Okoye (Danai Gurira) ASOTHO Film Frame ©Marvel Studios 2018 BAlthough Wakanda is a fictional place, the Wakandan Border Tribe borrows heavily from OMBAT COSTUME DESIGN the BaSotho people of the Kingdom of Lesotho. C Black Panther’s Virbanium-infused combat Basotho, a herdspeople, have lived in southern gear and the all-female Dora Milaje royal guards’ Africa since the 5th century, using horses to uniforms are the epitome of Afrofuturism, using navigate the mountains, and wearing the traditional African geometric shapes.

04 Winter 2018 ANCE butter from the Namibian Himba people, D Look out for infusions of styles of dancing the modern plaits worn by from West, Southern and East Africa throughout Leticia Wright’s Shuri, the rituals. the sub-Saharan turbans, the simple and LDERS COUNCIL practical E Note the elders of the five tribes of Wakanda headscarves, seen in council session, placing Black Panther’s or Lupita collective wisdom unique among the Marvel Nyong’o’s superheroes. natural curly tresses. ACE MARKINGS, F SCARIFICATION & TATTOOS NDIGO Look for Forest Whitaker’s red clay markings that I Forest echo those of the Karo people of Ethiopia, Daniel Whitaker’s Kaluuya’s and Michael B Jordan’s scarifications spiritual like those from West and Eastern Africa and the leader Zuri Congo Basin, Danai Gurira’s shaven head tattoos and his tribe (seen in Central Africa and the Sahara region), adorned with Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: Zuri (Forest Whitaker) and the ceremonial chalk markings of Lupita brilliant indigo Photo: Matt Kennedy Nyong’o’s Nikai’s River Tribe. robes and caftans ©Marvel Studios 2018 remind us of the ESTURES nomadic peoples of G (TYPICALLY AFRICAN) sub-Saharan Africa. Watch out for the formal salute of Wakanda, the EWELLERY & ADORNMENTS affectionate J Dora Milaje jewellery is both adornment and handshake protection in the all-female army. Wonderful to between T’Challa see the gorgeous Fulani and Tuareg gold and and his younger silver jewellery make its appearance among the sister Shuri, and the Merchant and other tribes. high-fiving often exchanged among IONDO BASKETS people sharing a joke. KIn the 80’s and 90’s, everyone in East Africa seemed to own a sisal woven Kiondo bag. AIR STYLES Spot them in the street market scenes. H AND HEAD GEAR IP PLATES Appreciate LIsaach De Bankole’s Elder of the River Tribe the awesome wears a lip clay plate, a body modification Zulu-inspired hats of practiced from 8700 BC among the Sara people Angela Bassett’s and Lobi of Chad, the Makonde of Tanzania and Ramonda, the Mozambique and the Suri and Mursi people of Wakandan Merchant Ethiopia. This rather brutal look is balanced in the Tribe’s thick hair locs movie with modern, stylish Sapeur-like clothing treated with oxidised of Congo. red clay and shea Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) Film Frame ©Marvel Studios 2018 Winter 2018 05 USIC M The musical backdrop reflects African and Diaspora traditional and modern sounds, from Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, to SA House, African drum, and hip hop.

DEBELE N WALL ART Don’t miss the bold, colourful wall art peppered all over Wakanda’s interior spaces and market streets that’s inspired by Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: the unique Ndebele and Malian Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Shuri (Letitia Wright) traditions. Photo: Matt Kennedy ©Marvel Studios 2018 MO RIVER VALLEY O The little-known Omo Valley/Lake Turkana area of southern Ethiopia/northern Kenya is rich with distinct cultural practices and traditions. Think face paints, lip plates, metal jewellery, shaven and plaited hairstyles, floral headpieces.

EOPLES & TRIBES OF AFRICA P Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: Wakanda Look out for influences from the Yoruba, Igbo Film Frame..©Marvel Studios 2018 and Akan peoples of West Africa, the Bambara, Maasai, Himba, Tuareg, Songhai and Fulani. YMBOLS, SUDANO-SAHELIAN S & SHONA ARCHITECTURE UEENS In the iconography and symbols inscribed Q We salute the regal Queen Ramonda, mother into the furniture, walls, street signage and of Black Panther, but also the queens with a small costumes of Wakanda, you can see clear ‘q’. According to Coogler, Black Panther was an links to ancient African languages and opportunity to illustrate the importance of women, symbols including the Nsibidi, Punic, a chance to show a side of feminine beauty and Adinkra, Hieroglyph and Mudcloth strength we don’t see in most mainstream media, inscriptions. from the all-female Dora Milaje army, the fearless Nikai, and tech-savvy Shuri. Timbuktu’s buildings are given the Afrofuturistic treatment, and watch EMEDIES out for the Sudano-Sahelian RWithout colonialism and Christianity architecture of the peoples of (often branding traditional medicine as ungodly the Sahel and Sudanian grassland and uncivilised), many think African traditional regions of West Africa, south of the herbal medicine would have flourished. Sahara, and the Shona architecture of In Wakanda, modern and traditional science modern-day Zimbabwe, with tall work side-by-side. cylindrical towers built out of stone.

Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: T’Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) Photo: Matt Kennedy ©Marvel Studios 2018 06 Winter 2018 EXTILES women who served under the Fon king, who ruled TBlack Panther blends the glorious textile over a nation including present-day southern Togo traditions from around the continent, including: and southern Benin. Mudcloth, Kuba, Kente, Maasai Shuka, Kitenge/ Ankara/Wax Print/Indigo-dyed Brocades, HOSA Aso Oke, hand-woven cottons, raffia, leathers, X ‘Wakandan’ language is isiXhosa, a South wools and furs. African language known for its distinctive ‘clicks’. John Kani, who plays King T’Chaka, suggested BUNTU that dropping in the odd sentence would add U The underlying tenet of Black Panther authenticity. The cast delivers one ‘Wakandan’ seems to be the very concept of ubuntu itself, accent with lyrical Southern African inflections, that people need others to be fulfilled. elongated vowels and strong ‘R’s’.

IBRANIUM AA ASANTEWAA VVibranium is a fictional rare metal Y Yaa Asantewaa (1840-1921) remains a the Wakandans have fought to much-loved figure in Asante and Ghanaian history keep hidden; a subtle message for her role in confronting the colonialism of the examining what alternative future British. We drew a link between this real-life African countries could have had African legend and Ramonda, Queen mother of without the exploitation of their Wakanda, for their shared matriarchy, love, mineral resources. courage and pride.

RESTLING, ULU X W WEAPONS Z JABARI & WARFARE We’d like to think that Look out for the the Warrior Tribe of graceful, balletic the Jabari, led by fighting technique the powerful and of the all-female rebellious M’Baku is Dora Milaje, inspired by the Zulus maybe inspired whose most famous by the Donga general was Shaka, stick fighting with some elements tradition of the from Hannibal’s Surma warriors Carthagian army of Ethiopia, and that gave the a traditional Roman army a run wrestling by for their money. In the formidable the Marvel comics, Serer wrestlers M’Baku was one of Black Panther is the first black of Senegal and the greatest warriors superhero in mainstream American the Dinka Bor of of Wakanda. comic books, appearing in Marvel’s Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966) South Sudan. Bear in mind the Amazons of Read Daphne Kasambala’s full article at Dahomey, a www.sapelle.com military corps of

Winter 2018 07 KING SMADE: SETTING AFRICAN MUSIC ALIGHT King Smade (Junior Adeosun) has been setting the Afrobeats scene in the UK alight for many years, promoting top acts like Davido, Yemi Alade, and Diamond Platinumz. If you follow Afrobeats in the UK (or on social media), you’ll have come across King Smade, alone responsible for bringing over many of Nigeria’s biggest stars. ’s Taku Mukiwa caught up with him to get the scoop.

: First things first, London, did you study music? the satisfaction of the paying why ‘King Smade’? KS: Not at all, my first degree audiences and forget about KING SMADE: I’m self made and was in marketing so there has keeping artists happy. For me, at the top of what I do. If you always been that fit with we’re there to deliver a good want Afrobeats done in the right promotion. I’ve also done an experience, for the artists and way, then you talk to me. MBA which has been important the audience. As a result, : How long have you for how I manage my business. we have generated very good been in music promotion and I’d say my education has played relationships with the artists and what got you into it? a very important part in helping audiences we work with. KS: It’s been about 10 years now. me to keep focused. : Is there anything else I started out after I was a student : What was the first that has been essential to your at University of Arts London. show you ever promoted? success? I have always had a passion KS: I did a few small things while KS: Setting up a good team is for music and I decided to get at university and co-promoted very important. To attract a good involved through promoting the shows for P Square, but my first team you have to deliver quality many brilliant sounds I was major show was promoting work. I am grateful to the team hearing. I have always been Davido. Many people doubted that I work with. They work very interested in African music in me at that point, assuming that hard and always do their best to particular as it celebrates and I was taking a big risk. Instead deliver the best service. promotes who we are as Africans. we sold out the show. : Before we go, : On that subject, It was special and quite a as a standard, we are always there has been criticism that big source of motivation to interested to know which some promoters don’t make keep aiming high. football team people support? an effort to attract audiences : You have a huge KS: I’m a Gunner, I support which are not African. following on social media Arsenal. What’s your view on that? – how has that come about? : New times at KS: We strive to promote the KS: People want to be Arsenal at the moment, music to major labels and other updated on the latest music and how’s that going? audiences, not just the African upcoming shows from the artists KS: Good so far, Wenger leaving market. Of course we promote and I provide that. The following was good thing. We thank him the music to Africans – it’s their is quite global and really for his service but it was time music – but it also helps to bring helps us to push the music to for change. to the attention of other people the world. : Thanks so much for too. One of Yemi Alade’s shows at : On social media I’ve your time. the O2 Islington had an audience seen that you seem to have very KS: My pleasure. Hope to meet about 60% non-African and good relationships with the some of your readers at our everyone had an awesome time. artists. How important is that? upcoming shows, and they can : You mentioned KS: Often some promoters make always keep in touch with our studying at the University of Arts the mistake of just focusing on activities on social media.

08 Winter 2018 KING SMADE’S TOP FIVE TIPS FOR SUCCESS Photograph by Thomas Knights 3 5 1 4 oranother. of what I call the ‘Five Ds for success’ of whatIcallthe‘FiveDsforsuccess’ ‘For success,Ialwaysaskpeopletothink doubtingyourselfandothers willdoubtyoutoo. 2 that’s howyoushapeyourambitions. DREAMING: but don’teasilygetinfluencedtoswayoneway DISCIPLINE: successful. DETERMINATION: something, deliver on it, otherwise you will start something, deliveronit,otherwise youwillstart DELIVERY: obstacles. DRIVE: Keep going, becreative infrontof Keepgoing, Ifyousayaregoingtodo aim higher, never stop dreaming, aimhigher,neverstop manydistractionscancomealong keepfocusedonbeing

for the artists and for theartists Winter 2018 “We’re thereto the audience.” deliver agood SMADE.London @iamSMADE @iamSMADE experience, 09

ONE THING YOU CAN DO: TEST FOR HIV ... AND 5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD DO IT Stopping HIV is at our fingertips – in September 2018, Public health England (PHE) again reported a drop in the number of people diagnosed with HIV in the previous year. A new combination of ways to stop the spread of HIV is working, from HIV treatment as prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), condoms, and regular testing.

ut, while we are seeing a fall in overall rates of HIV, many of us are testing late and Bmissing out on vital treatment to keep us healthy. PHE reported that 69% of black African men (50% women) were diagnosed late in 2017. The British HIV Association (BHIVA) recommends that everyone with HIV starts treatment when they are diagnosed, before the virus has a chance to damage the immune system.

So it’s more important than ever that we get tested.

Ahead of National HIV Testing Week this 17-23 November, we spoke to a number of people with and without HIV about their experiences of testing, and they told us 5 great reasons why you should do it now.

10 Winter 2018 Photography by Thomas Knights DO YOU KNOW THE 5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GET TESTED FOR HIV?

Be sure of your status Charity: Living without knowing Testing is the only way to know for sure if isn’t helpful you have HIV or not. People can live for years without knowing, and around 1 in 8 If you’re worried you’ve taken risks, a test can put people living with HIV are still unaware your mind at ease, and end worry and doubt. 1they have the virus. Charity from London says ‘I want everyone to get Isaiah: I get tested for HIV every tested and know their status because living without three months knowing isn’t helpful.’

‘The first time I tested, I was 17 and I’d gone after Charity, who got tested after a close researching about HIV,’ says Isaiah who’s now 20. friend was diagnosed, believes people living with HIV should ‘I was having unprotected sex with my partner at live with pride and that it the time,’ says Isaiah. ‘It wasn’t that I thought I had shouldn’t be seen as taboo HIV, I just thought I should go and do it and get or something that can’t be into the habit of it.’ spoken about.

If you’ve never tested, or it’s been more than a ‘I want everyone to know year since your last test, it’s a good idea to test their status so they once a year (or more often if you have unprotect- don’t pass it on without ed sex with more than one partner). knowing. It’s awful that that is still ‘I got the result pretty fast,’ says Isaiah about his happening just first testing experience. because people Like Isaiah, if you’re not sure whether you’re due a aren’t test, you can go to startswithme.org.uk and use getting the ‘when to test?’ quiz. tested.’

Winter 2018 11 Testing is easy, free and Take control of your confidential health and stay well Testing can be as simple as a You can live a long healthy life with HIV finger-prick test. You can test for HIV – but first you’ve got to get tested and in a community service, sexual health know your status. clinic,2 your GP, or even your own home. 3 If you test positive, you can get treatment that Paul: We all have sex, we should keeps you healthy and prevents illness. all get tested ‘HIV is just a condition,’ says Charity. ‘I wake up, Paul, 33, gets tested regularly, after first testing take my pill, then I shower. And then after that, back in 2003. most days, I forget about HIV.

‘It took over a week to get your result back then, ‘I’m now on effective treatment and HIV is which seems crazy. Now you get peace of mind undetectable in my blood, which means I know for quickly and easily – which is amazing.’ sure I can’t pass it on to anyone else.’

‘People seem to see testing as something to be And like Isaiah, if the test is negative, ashamed of, but it shouldn’t be. We all have you can take action to stay that way. sex. There are some great sexual health clinics and now you can test at home Isaiah says ‘I now go regularly and get a quick result. Testing is every three months for a sexual something to be proud of!’ health check-up. I don’t get nervous because I don’t anticipate Head to startswithme.org.uk getting a positive result, but it’s to find out where to test important to do it. I like being locally or to order your sexually liberated and, if you’re free self-sampling test, testing regularly, there’s nothing where you test at wrong with that.’ home and get a result within a few days. Photography by Thomas Knights Photography by Thomas

12 Winter 2018 Keep you and your partner healthy If you don’t know you have HIV, you can’t take any steps to prevent pass- ing it on to your partner – like getting 4treatment, using condoms, or finding out about PrEP.

Sadiq: I am happy to be HIV positive and in a sexual relationship

Sadiq was diagnosed in 2014 and, after a ‘rocky’ month or so, has fully accepted his status.

He’ s particularly passionate about making sure more people know that, because he’s on effective HIV treatment, he can’t pass on HIV to anyone else. In the UK, 97% of all those diagnosed and on treatment, like Sadiq and Charity, have an undetectable viral load which means they can’t pass it on and HIV ends with them.

‘It’s opened up a world where I am ok and happy to be HIV positive and still have sexual relationships, both casually and on a more intimate level – without HIV being a barrier.’

‘I can’t say I’ve experienced much stigma,’ says Sadiq who believes in the importance of ‘positive visibility’ and people living with HIV speaking openly about their experiences.

‘I don’t show shame in it, so I can’t really be targeted by stigma – if I’m not showing shame in it myself. I’ve been in situations where people have misunderstood and you have to take the time to educate, whether it be a friend or a potential partner.’

Winter 2018 13 Get the treatment and support you need In the UK, HIV medication and medical ‘I think my life’s better now. Not because I have care is free. The sooner you start HIV, but it has shaped me as a person. treatment, the better it is for your Because people don’t know the facts and I want 5health. Being diagnosed late means an increased to talk about it and change that.’ risk of developing an AIDS-defining illness as people miss out on vital treatment. And he’s proof that you can live well with HIV and do absolutely anything you want to. Andrew: You can live well and do anything you want to ‘I take one tablet a day and I’m healthy. I’m probably more healthy than I was. I don’t drink Andrew was diagnosed with HIV during National as much as I used to or go out as much – not HIV Testing Week four years ago and this is his because I can’t, but just because I don’t. advice for anyone diagnosed this year: And obviously I have regular health checks.

‘Don’t panic, don’t google anything and listen to ‘Having the can’t pass it on message and being everything that health advisors and consultants able to say loud and proud that effective have to say. Because as soon as you know the treatment means I can’t pass it on is amazing. facts, that panic will go away and you’ll know I think if we didn’t have that, it would be harder to you’re going to be alright. accept my diagnosis.’ Photography by Thomas Knights Photography by Thomas

14 Winter 2018 WHAT’S UNDETECTABLE? If someone is on effective HIV treatment and has an ‘undetectable viral load’ they cannot pass on HIV. (The viral load is the amount of HIV measured in a blood test – most clinics in the UK classify undetectable as being below 20 copies/ml.) We know this as a result of the finding from the PARTNER study that looked at 888 gay and straight couples (and 58,000 sex acts) where one partner was HIV positive and on effective treatment and one was HIV negative. There were no transmissions of HIV where the HIV positive partner has an undetectable viral load. It takes up to six months of treatment to become undetectable.

Horcelie: Knowing we can’t pass on HIV gives us confidence

‘Knowing we can’t pass on HIV because of effective treatment can give us courage and confidence,’ says Horcelie, a former Miss Congo UK. ‘The more confident I am, the less people discriminate or treat me differently.’

Horcelie was born with HIV but is passionate about getting more people testing and working together to challenge outdated views of HIV in all communities. She wants to start a discussion, and let people know there’s a wealth of information and support to help you live well with HIV.

‘It’s a way to encourage people to talk about their HIV story, and it’ll normalise it – because people still have fear around HIV, and this stops people getting tested and onto treatment.

‘We can help people to become fearless, give them confidence and enable them to live a normal life.’

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Adopting might be the best thing you ever do. lives, or that there may be some lives, or that there may be some economic criteria that rules are also many them out. There myths about who can and who have put can’t adopt. PACT together an Adoption Myth-Buster that can help you figure out if adoption is for you. Find it at www.pactcharity.org finds out more.

Kerri Virani Kerri Children Together) wants wants Children Together) to address. PACT has also has also to address. PACT pointed out that black adoptions take 40% longer to go through. Some would-be adopters can be put off by thinking the adoption process is long, complicated and overly-intrusive into their

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lack children often wait the lack children often wait the longest to be adopted. Adoption can be an emotional topic for many. There can be misconceptions about about can be misconceptions There for many. Adoption can be an emotional topic why adoptions take place, or to become an the process you have to go through adopter. But one thing is certain, are crying adoption agencies out for black, adopters.Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background, and 7% were background, and 7% were black. But only 3% of approved is adopters were black. There a shortage of BAME adopters (Parents And that charity PACT At March 2017, 78% of children in care in England were white, 9% are of mixed racial

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FOREVER FAMILY FOREVER FINDING THEIR THEIR FINDING Join Thomas and Mary on their very personal journeys as they navigate the dilemmas of living with HIV.

Only this time you make the decisions and see if their relationship can survive.

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Terrence Higgins Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales (reg. no. 288527) and in Scotland (SC039986). Company reg.no. 1778149. COULD I ADOPT? CAN I ADOPT IF: Yes, it’s likely. There are few I’m on a low income/unemployed? restrictions on who can apply to You don’t need to be rich to adopt, but your finances will be adopt, you can find a detailed list taken into account as part of the assessment. below. You can always attend an I have a criminal record? information session to find out more, As long as you have not been cautioned or convicted of a crime most agencies hold them regularly. against children, or some sexual crimes against adults. DOESN’T THE ADOPTION I’m older? PROCESS TAKE YEARS? You have to be over 21 to adopt but there is no cut off age, No. You can apply to adopt through as long as you are fit and healthy you can be considered. your Local Authority or a voluntary I am gay? agency. The process includes two I am single? stages of assessment and training I already have children? which shouldn’t take more than six months. You then attend an I’ve got a disability? approval panel where you are asked I’m not based in the UK? a few questions, if the panel members recommend you to be approved, a final decision is made by the agency decision maker a few days later. Then your social worker will start looking for a match for you.

HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ADOPTING? A good place to start is www.first4adoption.org.uk – this site will answer all your basic questions and help you find your local agency.

ADOPTION FACTS AND FIGURES Photograph by pixelheadphoto-digitalskillet/Shutterstock.com On 3 March 2017 there were 72,600 looked after children in the UK. (This includes older children in residential care and unaccompanied asylum seekers.) 75% of them were white. 7% were black 9% were mixed race 5% were Asian 3% other ethnic groups Of these, 4,350 children (14%) were adopted, 2% of them were black.

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Produced by Terrence Higgins Trust for . Terrence Higgins Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales (reg. no. 288527) and in Scotland (SC039986). Company reg.no. 1778149. Code: 0190014. Photography by THOMAS KNIGHTS A brief history of transracial adoption in the UK

n the 1970s, it was quite common for black children in care to be adopted by white families, Ilargely due to the lack of black adopters and the large numbers of ethnic minority children in care, with little chance of entering a black family.

Following mounting criticism from black social workers and a backdrop of a growing awareness of institutional racism and racial inequality, in the 1980s many Local Authorities began to place children with adopters of the same ethnicity, and this was reflected in the 1989 Children’s Act. It was deemed wrong to remove black children from their cultural heritage and studies found many of these children felt white as they grew up, losing out on knowledge of their community of origin.

Other studies, however, found children placed with adoptive parents of a different race to them had equally good outcomes as those placed with same-race families.

However, all the legislation really led to was a large number of black children remaining in foster care (often with white families) because there just were not enough black families coming forward to adopt.

ANOTHER SHAKE-UP IN THE LAW Addressing this in 2012, the Conservative Government’s Michael Gove, at the time the Education Secretary, announced changes to the law. Himself adopted, Gove felt it was wrong to deny a child a chance for adoption based on their skin colour. Around this time it took black children around a year longer to be adopted than children of other ethnicities. The changes went through the following year when it was stated that of cases where BAME children faced a delay in finding them a family, in 70% of these instances it was because social workers were trying to find them a perfect ethnic match and were not able to.

WHERE ARE ALL THE BLACK ADOPTERS? According to a 2008 study, there are fewer black adopters because there are fewer black people in the UK, so naturally more adopters will be white. However, the black adopters who did put themselves forward had a wider number of children to choose from and often went for the youngest children with the fewest problems. Despite the change of law in 2013, adoption agencies need more BAME adopters to come forward in order that more of the children waiting to be adopted have a good chance of finding their forever family. Photograph by Varina C/Shutterstock.com Photograph by Varina

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ASK THE EXPERTS. Do you have a health or lifestyle-related problem that’s troubling you? PrEP Expert and Co-Founder of the world’s most widely used PrEP website iwantPrEPnow, Greg Owen and Terrence Higgins Trust’s Medical Director Dr Michael Brady can help you find answers. Email your problem to the editor: @tht.org.uk

things you can do now that and then daily during might help ease some of your the time you are having stress. condomless sex. You can always It’s great that you have chosen stop taking it but, to use the pill for contraception. if you do, it’s Condoms can help prevent most recommended that sexually transmitted infections you use it for 7 days including HIV. There has been an after the last risk. increase in STI rates lately so it‘s Dear , worth having a full sexual health The great thing I’m really stressed right now. screening every year or more about PrEP is that it I’m a 24 year old woman and often if you think you need it. puts the choice and I’ve been seeing this guy on and control into your off for about 6 months. I really I understand the guy you are hands. You don’t like him but he doesn’t want currently seeing doesn’t want to even need to tell to make it official. He doesn’t use condoms. If you don’t think anyone you’re using really want to use condoms. I’m you can talk about this with him it if you don’t feel on the pill but I’m worried about there are other steps you can comfortable what position this puts me in take. doing so. with other things and my sexual health. I don’t know what to do. You might be interested in At the moment, PrEP is ZARA finding out about PrEP if you’re only available in England worried about HIV. PrEP is a drug on the NHS at sexual health Dear Zara, taken by HIV-negative people clinics as part of a trial with Thank you for writing in. Let’s try before sex that reduces the risk a limited number of places, so to work through some of this. It’s of getting HIV. If you think you you’ll need to be eligible. You not always easy to have these could be at-risk of HIV, PrEP can find out more about PrEP, conversations and to agree on might be the right choice and how to get it, at: https:// the kind of sex we want. for you. www.iwantprepnow.co.uk/ and if you would like to discuss it in Establishing boundaries in PrEP is a course of tablets taken more detail then go to your relationships and sex can take before and after sex. Women local sexual health clinic. time. Often these things change need to take it daily for at least and evolve. But there are some 7 days before condomless sex, GREG

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It’s really important to keep up-to-date with STIs as well – if you don’t already then you can get tested at the clinic for any other STIs at the same time as getting Dear , a HIV test. I’ve recently started a relationship with a new guy. It’s going really Let’s think about some of the ways well but I’d like to ask him to come you can talk about getting tested with me to have a HIV test. A with your partner. It can be tricky to friend of mine was diagnosed start a conversation, and as you’ve with HIV a couple of years said, your partner might think he ago, and ever since doesn’t need to worry. Many people I’ve made sure I get don’t realise you can live for years tested, at least without knowing you have HIV. once a year. I’ve brought up the Pick a time when you’re both relaxed issue with him and not stressed out by other things. but he laughed Let him know why getting tested is it off and says a good idea and important for you, he doesn’t and what it will mean to you

‘I’d like to ask him to come with me to have a HIV test… but he laughed it off.’

need to get and your sex life together. tested, even though he’s The best way is probably just to say, had sex without gently and clearly, “I’d like us both to condoms in the get tested for sexually transmitted past. I’m not sure infections’. what to do ASHA You could mention that getting tested is easy, free and confidential. Dear Asha, You could go to your local sexual That’s great that you health clinic, community service, or regularly get tested GP. Now you can even test at home. for HIV. Once a year is You can find out all you need to exactly right (though do get know at startswithme.org.ukk tested more often if you have unprotected sex or sex with Best wishes more than one partner). MICHAEL

Winter 2018 25 MAKE CHANGE TOGETHER - LET’S TALK CONSENT African-American civil rights activist Tarana Burke coined the phrase ‘Me Too’ back in 2006 when raising awareness about sexual abuse and assault in society. Now a global movement, #MeToo, alongside others like Time’s Up, continue to keep the subject of consent firmly in the public sphere. Sexual health charity FPA has taken a look into consent, and what it actually means.

WHAT IS CONSENT? But there are different ways to is another way to check for Consent, simply, means agreeing ask that don’t have to be a ‘yes’ consent. Non-verbal cues might to do something. When we’re or ‘no’ question. There are some include whether a partner is talking about sex, consent means easy ways to check if a partner making eye contact with you, freely agreeing to a sexual is happy with how things are their facial expressions, activity. proceeding. whether they’re comfortable being naked, and whether BEFORE YOU GET DOWN TO IT they’re actively touching you Before taking part in any kind of Ways to ask for consent and pulling you close. sexual activity, it’s essential that include: everyone involved agrees to it. n Do you want me to…? ENTHUSIASTIC CONSENT This doesn’t have to be n Would you like it if I…? Consent isn’t just about someone complicated – there are simple, n Is it OK if I…? saying “no” to what they don’t and sexy, ways of giving and n How do you feel about…? want. It’s about you and a getting consent. n Do you want to try…? partner giving an enthusiastic n Do you want me to keep “yes” to what you do want. ASKING FOR CONSENT going? Learning ways to ask whether Always make sure you have a a partner is enthusiastic and partner’s full, happy, and excited about having sex with It’s surprisingly easy and sexy to enthusiastic consent before you is key to a healthy sex life. ask someone “can I kiss you?” or engaging in any kind of Some people worry that asking “do you want to have sex with sexual activity. for consent might “ruin the me?” Don’t be afraid of being mood”. A better way to think direct. Being honest is the best It’s important to remember that about it, is that giving and way to understand what you everyone has different ways to receiving consent is an essential both want. say yes and no. If a partner’s start to any sexual activity – behaviour seems unenthusiastic, and you can aim to make it as OTHER WAYS TO CHECK out of character or unusual fun and sexy as possible. FOR CONSENT then stop engaging in sexual Conversations about consent Reading people’s body activity and check how can sometimes feel awkward. language (non-verbal cues) they’re feeling.

26 Winter 2018 Sometimes someone to do something they refusing don’t really want to do. So ask consent once, and respect the answer can be you get. intimidating, or confusing, CONSENT AND THE LAW for example if Finally, there are a few things to you’re unsure be aware of when it comes to or you’d like to consent and the law. say yes in the future, but not The legal definition of consent now. But you in England and Wales, set out in always have the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the right to say is that someone “agrees by no and to have choice…and has the freedom your decision and capacity to make that respected. choice.”

RESPECTING The legal age of consent is 16, CONSENT but whatever your age, It’s always OK be aware of whether you or a WHY DO I NEED TO GET for you or a partner to change partner are too drunk or high CONSENT EVERY TIME? your mind about saying yes at to consent, make sure a partner Just because someone has said any point during sex. There’s isn’t frightened to say “no”, “yes” once, it doesn’t mean they never a point of no return. and remember that no one can say “yes” to every time or to consent to sexual activity if every new sexual act. So check If at any point the other person they’re asleep or unconscious. whether they’re happy to go seems unsure about carrying on, If you’re not sure, stop. ahead. stop, and don’t engage in any further sexual activity. Check in CONSENT IN A REFUSING CONSENT with them and see how they feel. NUTSHELL You have a right to say no to Making sure that both you any sexual activity that you don’t Asking for consent until “no” and a partner are as agree with. Refusing consent becomes “yes” is not comfortable as possible can often feel difficult, so it’s enthusiastic consent. Asking about any sexual activity important to be equipped with multiple times can mean that you before it happens is key ways to do this too. end up pressuring or coercing in any conversation about consent. Ways to say “no” include: n I would prefer not to… n Maybe another time, There’s no bigger priority n I would rather not… but not now. than everyone feeling safe, n I don’t know how I feel n I would prefer it if we…? happy, comfortable and about this. n I would feel more enthusiastic about having n I don’t think I’m ready comfortable if… sex with each other. for that. n I don’t want to do this n This isn’t working for me. anymore. Winter 2018 27 OUR HIV PREVENTION ENGLAND PARTNERS. is proud to be part of the HIV Prevention England partnership which is working hard to stop HIV in the UK. There are many organisations that offer help and advice as well as free confidential HIV testing in communities across England. Find one near to you:

services to people living with HIV NATIONAL LONDON and HIV testing. ACTION PLUS FOUNDATION Telephone: 020 8305 5000 TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST Action Plus Foundation provides Email: [email protected] Providing advice, support and support to people living with or Website: information to people who are affected by HIV. www.metrocentreonline.org living with or affected by HIV or Telephone: 07791 191 010 concerned about their sexual Website: NAZ PROJECT LONDON health. www.actionplusfoundation.org Providing sexual health, HIV Telephone: THT Direct 0808 802 prevention and support services 1221 (Freephone) AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION to black and minority ethnic Email: [email protected] Africa Advocacy Foundation provides communities in London. These include Website: www.tht.org.uk information, advice and support information and support groups for groups to people living with HIV as people living with HIV and HIV testing. POSITIVELY UK well as HIV testing. Telephone: 020 8741 1879 Positively UK provides peer-led Telephone: 020 8698 4473 Email: [email protected] support, advocacy and Website: www.a-af.org Website: www.naz.org.uk information to women, men and young people living with HIV to EMBRACE UK POSITIVE EAST help them manage any aspect Embrace UK is a support centre for Positive East offers support for of their diagnosis, care and life migrant communities. It provides individuals and communities with HIV. information, advice and guidance affected by HIV in east London. Telephone: 020 7713 0444 on welfare benefits, housing, Services include information, advice, Website: www.positivelyuk.org immigration, education, training and support and HIV testing. health-related issues such as HIV/AIDS Telephone: 020 7791 2855 and mental health. Website: www.positiveeast.org.uk CORBY Telephone: 020 8801 9224 SUNRISE FAMILY SUPPORT Email: [email protected] WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Sunrise Family Support provides Website: www.embraceuk.org Their activities are geared towards HIV testing every Monday at Great promoting, protecting and Oakley Medical Centre and monthly HERTS AID developing the health and training support groups. Herts Aid is an HIV and sexual needs of black and ethnic minorities Telephone: 07908 710 493 or 07590 health charity providing support, in the community. 925 137 educational and clinical services Telephone: 020 8593 3100 Email: [email protected] (such as HIV testing) across Email: [email protected] Hertfordshire. Website: www.worphan.com DERBYSHIRE Telephone: DERBYSHIRE POSITIVE SUPPORT Ware: 01920 484 784 LUTON Derbyshire Positive Support provides Watford: 01923 803 440 information and advice services to Website: www.hertsaid.co.uk CAFPH people who are HIV positive, their Centre for All Families Positive Health partners, families, friends and carers. THE METRO CENTRE (CAFPH) provides support to people Telephone: 01332 204 020 The Metro Centre provides affected by HIV across Luton, Bedford Website: www.dpsweb.org information, advice and support and the east of England. They also offer HIV testing.

28 Winter 2018 Telephone: 01582 726 026 HIV testing and treatment. information and support for anyone Website: www.cafph.org Telephone: 0121 237 5700 affected by HIV across the south west. Website: www.umbrellahealth.co.uk They also provide HIV testing services. MANCHESTER Telephone: 0800 328 3508 BHA WORCESTER FOUNDATION Website: www.eddystone.org.uk Providing sexual health and HIV Worcester Foundation provides YORKSHIRE prevention services for BME information and advice about HIV, communities in Manchester, Bolton, as well as support for people living BHA Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, with or affected by HIV. Providing one-to-one information and Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. Telephone: 01905 767 000 advice, support and advocacy, HIV Telephone: 0845 450 4247 Website:www.worcesteraids testing, support groups, community Email: sexualhealthmanchester@ foundation.org.uk engagement and training in Leeds. thebha.org.uk Telephone: 01132 449 767 MILTON KEYNES Website: www.thebha.org.uk Email: [email protected] STASS Website: www.leedsskyline.org.uk GEORGE HOUSE TRUST STaSS delivers free, confidential and and www.thebha.org.uk George House Trust is a voluntary inclusive support services to people organisation providing information, living with and affected by HIV. THE BRUNSWICK CENTRE advice and support to people living They also provide HIV testing. The Brunswick Centre provides with HIV. Telephone: 01908 282 185 sexual health and HIV services across Telephone: 0161 274 4499 Website: www.stass.org.uk Calderdale & Kirklees. This includes Email: [email protected] support for people living with or NOTTINGHAM Website: www.ght.org.uk affected by HIV, as well as AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL information, advice and HIV testing. MIDLANDS DEVELOPMENT (AISD) Telephone: LEICESTERSHIRE AIDS SUPPORT The African Institute for Social Kirklees: 01484 469 691 SERVICES (LASS) Development (AISD) is a volunteer Calderdale: 01422 341 764 LASS provides a range of services for African-led community organisation Website: people living with or affected by providing information, advice and www.thebrunswickcentre.org.uk HIV/AIDS in Leicester, Leicestershire support groups for people living with and Rutland. This includes information, HIV as well as HIV testing. YORKSHIRE MESMAC advice and support for people living Telephone: 01158 540 516 Yorkshire MESMAC is one of the with HIV as well as HIV testing. Email: [email protected] oldest and largest sexual health Telephone: 0116 255 9995 Website: organisations in the country. Email: [email protected] www.africaninstitute.org.uk They provide information, counselling, Website: www.lass.org.uk HIV testing and support to individuals SOUTH WEST and community groups. SUMMIT HOUSE SUPPORT THE EDDYSTONE TRUST Telephone: 01132 444 209 Summit House Support provides HIV The Eddystone Trust is an Email: [email protected] testing services and support for independent organisation providing Website: www.mesmac.co.uk people living with HIV in the West Midlands. Telephone: 01384 243 220 FREE RESOURCES Website: www.summithousesupport.co.uk Order National UMBRELLA HIV Testing Week Umbrella provides free and confidential sexual health services in resources from: Birmingham and Solihull. These include all types of contraception as well as sexually transmitted infection (STI) and www.tht.org.uk/HPEportal

Winter 2018 29 Telephone: 01582 726 026 HIV testing and treatment. information and support for anyone Website: www.cafph.org Telephone: 0121 237 5700 affected by HIV across the south west. Website: www.umbrellahealth.co.uk They also provide HIV testing services. MANCHESTER Telephone: 0800 328 3508 BHA WORCESTER FOUNDATION Website: www.eddystone.org.uk Providing sexual health and HIV Worcester Foundation provides YORKSHIRE prevention services for BME information and advice about HIV, communities in Manchester, Bolton, as well as support for people living BHA Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, with or affected by HIV. Providing one-to-one information and Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. Telephone: 01905 767 000 advice, support and advocacy, HIV Telephone: 0845 450 4247 Website:www.worcesteraids testing, support groups, community Email: sexualhealthmanchester@ foundation.org.uk engagement and training in Leeds. thebha.org.uk Telephone: 01132 449 767 MILTON KEYNES Website: www.thebha.org.uk Email: [email protected] STASS Website: www.leedsskyline.org.uk GEORGE HOUSE TRUST STaSS delivers free, confidential and and www.thebha.org.uk George House Trust is a voluntary inclusive support services to people organisation providing information, living with and affected by HIV. THE BRUNSWICK CENTRE advice and support to people living They also provide HIV testing. The Brunswick Centre provides with HIV. Telephone: 01908 282 185 sexual health and HIV services across Telephone: 0161 274 4499 Website: www.stass.org.uk Calderdale & Kirklees. This includes Email: [email protected] support for people living with or NOTTINGHAM Website: www.ght.org.uk affected by HIV, as well as AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL information, advice and HIV testing. MIDLANDS DEVELOPMENT (AISD) Telephone: LEICESTERSHIRE AIDS SUPPORT The African Institute for Social Kirklees: 01484 469 691 SERVICES (LASS) Development (AISD) is a volunteer Calderdale: 01422 341 764 LASS provides a range of services for African-led community organisation Website: people living with or affected by providing information, advice and www.thebrunswickcentre.org.uk HIV/AIDS in Leicester, Leicestershire support groups for people living with and Rutland. This includes information, HIV as well as HIV testing. YORKSHIRE MESMAC advice and support for people living Telephone: 01158 540 516 Yorkshire MESMAC is one of the with HIV as well as HIV testing. Email: [email protected] oldest and largest sexual health Telephone: 0116 255 9995 Website: organisations in the country. Email: [email protected] www.africaninstitute.org.uk They provide information, counselling, Website: www.lass.org.uk HIV testing and support to individuals SOUTH WEST and community groups. SUMMIT HOUSE SUPPORT THE EDDYSTONE TRUST Telephone: 01132 444 209 Summit House Support provides HIV The Eddystone Trust is an Email: [email protected] testing services and support for independent organisation providing Website: www.mesmac.co.uk people living with HIV in the West Midlands. Telephone: 01384 243 220 FREE RESOURCES Website: www.summithousesupport.co.uk Order National UMBRELLA HIV Testing Week Umbrella provides free and confidential sexual health services in resources from: Birmingham and Solihull. These include all types of contraception as well as sexually transmitted infection (STI) and www.tht.org.uk/HPEportal

Winter 2018 29 First woman President AFRICAN appointed Ethiopia has appointed its first ROUND-UP. woman President, Sahle-Work Zewde, a few weeks after it became the second African country, after Mobile apps Rwanda, to have equal gender fighting representation in the cabinet. Since malnutrition taking his post in April, the country’s Senegal’s cereal farmers Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been in the southern region of reforming how the country is run. Tambacounda are using mobile apps to plan the sowing and harvesting of crops. The apps, developed by the government and international partners, help forecast the weather, keep on top of cereal prices, and provide information on nutrition Country’s or animal health. qualifies for first Afcon finals Sexual exploitation scandal rocks nation Madagascar made A charity set up by a US citizen to help educate vulnerable girls history by qualifying in Liberia has been rocked by a scandal where it is alleged that for the Africa Cup dozens of girls were raped by an employee. The More Than Me of Nations after foundation is also accused of covering up the rapes. The charity beating Equatorial has previously received high praise from high profile people such Guinea 1-0. as Oprah Winfrey, Bill gates and Warren Buffet. The team will be part of the first expanded Bobi Wine criticises Kanye West competition Popular politician and former musician Bobi Wine has criticised US rapper Kanye that will feature West for meeting with the country’s president Yoweri Museveni. Museveni faces 24 countries in criticism for imprisonment and torture of opposition activists. West is in Uganda to Cameroon record an album in a purpose-built tent in a game park. next year.

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