mixed-race — Features

Three Dancing Suns: How a nightclub led me to understand my hodgepodge heritage

Chinese, Jamaican and Greek-Cypriot writer Thea Sun reminisces on memories shared with her about her "absent and enigmatic” grandfather and his club, Champion House – a beating heart of dancehall music in the heart of Kingston, Jamaica, which affected a legacy on the overlooked Chinese identity of the West Indies.

ARTS & CULTURE, SOUNDAZEEMA -July 28, 2022nightclub, music, family, jamaica, mixed-race, chinese, greek, mediterranean

Sarah Elizabeth’s new film is a love letter to her Indian roots, and the connection between dance and the natural environment

‘Symbioses’, the filmmaker’s latest short art film, addresses growing up mixed race and harks to the beauty of filming with natural light at sunrise: here, Sarah walks us through the behind-the-scenes creation of the film.

ARTS & CULTUREAZEEMA -November 23, 2021dance, mixed-race, dual identity, art, film, music, nature, filmmaker

Making myself whole: connecting my Grenadian-Caribbean heritage with my Indian upbringing

Nia Deo explains the tumultuous journey many mixed women experience while trying to accept their identities as a whole. Experiencing discrimination, othering, and invasive questions everyday, she speaks of the beauty of being both Granadian-Caribbean and Indian.