This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain.

This week we discuss why Black British Food Matters with Zoe Adjonyoh, founder of Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen and award-winning food journalist Melissa Thompson. Food plays a central role in any society. It carries our culture across generations and holds secrets about our history. We also ask if the food wider society values contains racist overtones, for example why is French cuisine regularly seen as the height of “good cooking” while West African food is rarely mentioned?

Find out more about the hosts and guests:

Zoe Adjonyoh

https://www.zoesghanakitchen.com/

Twitter: @zoeadjonyoh

Instagram: @zoeadjonyoh

Melissa Thompson

https://www.fowlmouths.co.uk/

Twitter: @FowlMouthsFood

Instagram: @fowlmouthsfood

Marcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryder

Lenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenry

https://lennyhenry.net/

Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:

https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/

Podcast art by Faber

Music by The Lethargees

This podcast is a Faber & Faber production

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