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Naomi Gennery is a Bristol-based graphic designer, illustrator and maker. Inspired by a mishmash of influences Naomi likes to take on serious subjects with a playful, humorous touch using type, bold colours and shapes throughout her work. With an interest in collage, zines, diy culture, satire, print making and crafts, Naomi uses mixed media to create her illustrative work and works in range of mediums and materials. A selection of this work can been seen on her instagram @nn.a.ii
On Wednesday 23rd February shado will be speaking with four Indigenous activists on the topic of ancestry and about how we can lay the paths for future generations.
In this article we speak to the founder of Fuse: a magazine dedicated to spotlighting Manchester's POC creatives.
Luke Crompton & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
The vision of abolition is a world without police and prisons. A world in which our communities are supported, equipped, and empowered to care for each other. It’s a vision rooted in the liberation of all people – making it a direct threat to institutions that depend on inequality to function....
Joseph Capehart & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
In January this year, Emmanuel Macron’s office announced that there will be “no repentance nor apologies” for colonial abuses in Algeria. A few weeks after this, I discovered that one of these abuses was forcibly changing Algerians’ surnames – including my family’s. Growing up, my name – Leila Gamaz –...
Leila Gamaz & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
When I call Leah Penniman on a Friday afternoon, she is walking around her farmland in Grafton, New York. “We use Afro-Indigenous, precolonial, land-based agricultural techniques”, she explains as she walks around her crops. “There are shrubs and berries planted around the apple trees, next to twenty varieties of medicinal...
Sharlene Gandhi & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
Like many Black British people, I’ve often struggled with the concept of ‘home’. Being Nigerian is something I feel in my blood, it filters between the gaps in myself and is the answer to questions not even being asked. Hidden like secrets, you can find elements of my Nigerian nature...
Ife Grillo & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
“My music is basically just a diary that rhymes and sounds good”: Rapper Artan opens up about his new EP ‘Scattered Thoughts’, why mental health isn’t commonly discussed in the UK rap scene and the area code wars that are stopping North London musicians from flourishing. There’s a lyric in...
Naomi Gennery & Illustration: Erin Cobby
When it comes to talking about transformative change that can decelerate – or, dare I say, resolve – the climate crisis, we often get stuck thinking about what we could achieve, failing also to think about some of the barriers that hold us back. Physical, social, cultural, psychological or economic,...
Sharlene Gandhi & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
My name is Sabir Zazai, and I am the Chief Executive of Scottish Refugee Council. I arrived in the UK in 1999 and have witnessed a lot on my journey, before and since. But there is always hope to be found. I wrote this poem in the lead-up to COVID-19...
Sabir Zazai & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
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