Spaces of Resistance: Art and Social Justice in 1980s Brixton

Oumou’s curiosity in this began on the LSE MSc Gender in 2018, where their research into Black British activist Olive Morris - available in the Feminist Review - began. In 2021 Oumou produced an audio piece about Morris titled ‘Voices of the Archive’ for the ICA and BBC New Creatives Scheme, which premiered on BBC Introducing Arts radio. In 2022, Oumou expanded this work into a 10-day installation in Brixton Market for Lambeth Windrush. They recently shared oral history research on an LSE panel that celebrated ‘Legacies of the Brixton Black Women’s Group’ and seek to reflect on the intimacy and informality of spaces that have preserved Black histories, where institutions have failed to.

Joyce has self-published several zines and illustrated international human rights campaigns for Out Proud African LGBTI, Amnesty International, Global Justice Now and had their comics in national newspapers. TFL Arts Grant awardee and former artist in residence at Gasworks, Serpentine, The Museum of Homelessness, Nottingham Contemporary and Tate Galleries Education department. Find out more: jacobvjoyce.com and via @jacobvjoyce on Instagram. They are currently a doctoral candidate researching the history of Black British arts education at Westminster University.



Since becoming Executive Director in 2002 Lucy has been responsible for the strategic development of 198 including the artistic programme, education and community learning programmes and more recently, the capital redevelopment of 198’s premises in Railton Road, for which the organisation won a RIBA award. In a personal capacity Lucy also mentors artists, offering support in areas such as fundraising, project management and curation. She has also mentored other VSO organisations in the Brixton community, leading community development initiatives and developing strategic partnerships.

She is the cultural programmer for The Black State, a community organisation championing radical thought and action among Black youth. Beyond this, she plays an active role in several organisations namely educational charity Thinking Black, Poetic Unity andBlack Cultural Archives. Alongside her community work, she is a published poet whose work in the past year has seen her perform internationally. Across all her work, Binta hopes that people feel seen, heard, held and called to critically engage with and strengthen the local and global communities that shape us.