Every generation faces a different challenge. And this is certainly true for British children of Latin-Americans who wish to return to the country of their parents. Ramón Lafée The language, the residency papers, adapting to a different culture; these are just some of the difficulties that the previous […]
Multiculture
Mohammed Khan Lodhi: “Race means nothing”
“Race means nothing; culture is a way of life like your attire” President of Basaira Elderly Centre in the London Borough of Lambeth, former Police Inspector in colonial East-Africa and a Social worker in post-colonial Britain, he asks “Why shouldn’t Muslims step into the twenty first century?”. Shanta Sultana […]
¡Hola! Do you speak amor?
Despite the cultural differences between British people and Latin Americans, an emotion exists that is universal for everyone. Ramón Lafée Laura is a Colombian who has been living in London for nearly three years. A sound engineer by trade, she spent the first months doing a variety of […]
Julio Etchart, Anger through the lens
He left Uruguay in 1974 at the age of 24, escaping the repression of the dictatorship, which had twice imprisoned him, setting him free for the second time, with his passport in his hand and the idea to set off for Europe in his head. To Paris to be exact, […]
Claudio Chipana, from LARC: “We are Latin American, because of our history, our culture and our identity”
He has lived in London for two decades, because the first time that he came to the British Isles to attend a conference, the city and the country captivated him so much that once he had returned to his own country he began to think about the possibility of making […]