After Show Interview with BBC Radio Solent

After show interview with Lucy Ambache following my BBC RADIO SOLENT interview.

We discussed my thoughts on what the solution is to addressing and solving the issue of racism in the UK. My answer to the first and best step was to simply continue having these conversations. No one is going to understand your experiences in a way you appreciate unless YOU talk about it. And if you’re truly an ally it’s something you can also continue having conversations about. These conversations on these issues such as racism should only be given a spotlight when it’s popular to talk about or the trending topic. We can only make a difference if we’re consistent with it but I’m hopeful x

Keep a look out for my full interview with Lucy Ambache which includes my live performance of one of my poems by @sincerelydenyze.x on Instagram, I hope you enjoy it and are able to take away even just message from it.

Thank you to Lucy, BBC Radio Solent, and BBC Uploads for this amazing opportunity and interview, and I look forward to more open conversations on issues of race and identity in the UK.

BBC RADIO SOLENT INTERVIEW with Sincerely, Denyze X 22.03.23

Come with me to my interview at the BBC Radio Solent studio.

BBC RADIO SOLENT INTERVIEW

On Saturday the 22nd of September 2023, I had the privilege of sharing my poetry and interviewing with BBC Radio Solent, Southampton.

It was an honour and an exciting experience sharing my poetry on radio and having my first ever interview in the studio!

It was made even better having Lucy Ambache interview me. Thank you for this amazing opportunity, taking for giving my voice a platform, and thank you for making me feel so comfortable.

I’ll be sharing full videos of the interview and my chat with Lucy after the interview too on @sincerelydenyze.x on Instagram x

Here’s to more interviews 🤞🏿✝️

Phenomenally black and a woman

To be black

And a woman

Is a death sentence

From the start.

Stanza 1

II:

We’ve all heard the stories

Read the books

Watched the movies

But today

I wanna tell you

how phenomenal

black women are.

Stanza 2

III:

I know it’s cliche to say.

But,

Your dark chocolate.

Made from the finest, richest cocoa beans,

Cocoa butter skin like Thee Stallion.

Some people love you,

Some people hate you.

But you’re good to everyone.

Stanza 3

IV:

You are like a warm embrace from the sun.

You carry the sun’s rays within the sparkle of your eyes,

Within the shimmer of your skin in the sun.

Golden hour all year round.

And like the sun,

You light up every room you touch.

You warm up the hearts of others around you.

Stanza 4

V:

And yet,

You’re also the child of the moon,

Your eyes reflecting the night sky.

The brightness within you,

As bright as the moon and all the stars that light up the night sky.

Spend time with a black woman

And I promise you,

The memory of her love stays with you forever,

Like the moon accompanies the earth,

Day or night.

Stanza 5

VI:

And like the sun and moon

That have been the inspiration for countless poems, songs, artwork,

You continually inspire.

Although you are constantly imitated

With no appreciation,

Nothing,

Can ever beat the original.

Stanza 6

VII:

From the hips to the lips,

From the curves to the melanin,

They can plagiarise all they like

But you’ll always be the original source material.

Stanza 7

VIII:

Just as Maya Angelou said,

It really is in

”the reach of your arms,

The span of your hips,

The stride of your step,

The curl of your lips.”

After all,

We are black.

Black women,

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal black women.

Stanza 8

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Sincerely, Denyze X 🤎

Best Spoken Word Poetry performance for my poems ‘SOS Malcolm X’ and ‘Save Me; I’m Fine :):’

I recently had the privilege of sharing my poetry amongst some incredible talent on ‘The Human Experience’ virtual art exhibition (https://lnkd.in/eXeFDeq) organised by @ADLNKent with the support of @KentLawSchool where I went on to have my SOS MALCOLM X poem voted as the best audio submission.

Best Spoken Word Poetry performance for my poems ‘SOS Malcolm X’ and ‘Save Me; I’m Fine :):’

Until last summer, I’d never really had the confidence to share my poetry. Yet since starting my poetry page @sincerelydenyze.x on Instagram (https://lnkd.in/etHaCvB), and sharing performances of some poems on my YouTube channel @denyze_denyze (https://lnkd.in/eq6Pvgy), my confidence in not only my art but in my identity as a darkskin black woman from Ghana has blossomed beautiful and till date is one of my proudest achievements.

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Full performance video on my poetry instagram page @sincerelydenyze.x

I remember when I first came to the UK at the age of 7/8 struggling with my writing and pronounciation – the later being something my friends and I joke even now. I also remember the stories I used to write, accompanied by illustrations I would frankly prefer to never see the light of day 😂

It’s also funny to think back to the time when I did not enjoy studying English AT ALL, yet here I am today using Literature as my place of comfort.

I’m sure my excitement is almost baffling to some. It’s not like I won a Nobel Prize in Literature (🤞🏿one day). But knowing the journey I took to get to a point where I was able to confront certain experiences through poetry, and then share it to the scrutiny of the world is what makes ME so proud and honoured to have been chosen.

There was a time when I thought poetry was only written by old Caucasian men who existed long before my country became… well, a country.

Yet here I am!
My very existence a testament to the fact that poetry CAN be enjoyed and influenced by anyone, including a darkskin black woman born in a village in GHANA.

I have become the representation I wish I had seen more of growing up!

To conclude, this recognition means a lot to me @ADLNKent as it continues to motivate me in my creative aspirations. I look forward to sharing more art and inspiring others, particular underrepresented voices.

Sincerely, Denyze X 🤎