If You Don't Know
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If You Don't Know
De-Graft Mensah brings you the black voices, stories and biggest laughs that you don't always hear in mainstream news.
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Introducing… The Black 14
From Amazing Sport Stories, this is The Black 14.
In 1969 Wyoming, racism is rife and 14 young black American footballers decide to take a stand...
Looking back on some of our biggest stories
Special guests, goodbyes and the news that you still need to know.
In this final episode, De-Graft looks back on some of the podcast’s best gues...
Cobalt and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Social media has been flooded with talk and questions about the Democratic Republic of Congo. So, for those of you wondering what’s going on in the co...
A conversation with Tupac’s godfather, Jamal Joseph
Despite his death 27 years ago, Tupac Shakur is still making headlines. He’s also widely considered to be one of the most successful rappers of all ti...
A tribute to Gboyega Odubanjo
De-Graft is joined by the brother, sister and close friend of Gboyega Odubanjo for a special episode to remember his life. The award-winning poet was...
A Black History Month special with George the Poet
We’re celebrating Black History Month with a special collaboration with the one and only George the Poet!
De-Graft and George join forces for a...
Losing your wife and son ft. Global Boga
In July 2020, Nicole Thea - a popular content creator and YouTuber - died, along with her unborn son, Reign, who she was eight months pregnant with....
The BBC’s Clive Myrie and the founders of GUAP
It’s our first episode back after our summer break, so we’re kicking off with some BBC News royalty. Following the release of his brand new memoir, pr...
Drill music on trial
Drill music… it’s topping the charts, on the radio and stuck in our heads. But despite its popularity, it remains a controversial genre. BBC Three has...
Windrush’s 75th ft. Richie Brave, Asha Philip and Kia Fullerton
We’re celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Windrush’s arrival with a special episode and some very special guests!
Kicking off with music, 1...
The Love Island background checks ft. Buzzfeed’s Ada Enechi
De-Graft’s got some company and is joined by new podcasting friend Buzzfeed’s Seasoned Sessions producer and presenter, Ada Enechi, who’s here to add...
Liv Little, Jords and all-black audiences
Liv Little joins De-Graft and talks about her journey and transition from gal-dem founder to author. Her debut novel, Rosewater, has just been release...
Masego, MS and busting myths about autism
Musician Masego pays us a visit as he gets ready to headline the Cross The Tracks Festival in Brixton. He spills the tea on what it was like growing u...
Netflix’s Cleopatra: What’s all the drama?
We’re talking about one thing today… Netflix’s new docudrama series on Queen Cleopatra, which has a black mixed actor, Adele James, playing the lead r...
Sudan, Ovie Soko and student protests
You’ve probably heard about Sudan in the news recently because of the fighting that’s broken out in the country’s capital, Khartoum. BBC journalist Be...
Writing Rye Lane, a black British love story
Everyone’s talking about Rye Lane, the popular black British romcom currently in cinemas. So naturally, we are too. Nathan Bryon – one of the co-write...
Jokes or no jokes? With Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder
Lenny Henry and his podcasting partner Marcus Ryder drop in for a chat about Saturday Soup and how comedy has helped them get through some tough times...
Cambridge Uni’s youngest black professor
After his first week on the job, Cambridge University’s youngest black professor, Jason Arday, drops in for a chat with De-Graft. Jason couldn’t speak...
What happened to African students who fled Ukraine?
It’s a year since Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, so we catch up with Mary – a student from Nigeria who was studying medicine in Uk...
Writing a romcom
It’s National Storytelling Week, so new author Taylor-Dior Rumble drops in to share a reading from her first novel, The Situationship. It’s being publ...
Hair, discrimination and your rights
A tweet from a mum accusing her daughter’s school of having a racist hair policy has gone viral on social media. But what is hair discrimination? How...
Let’s talk air pollution… it could be damaging your health
So, why isn’t air pollution being cut faster? It’s 10 years since nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died – she was the first person in the UK to ha...
Why are black people waiting longer for organs?
Black people who need a transplant wait up to six months longer than other patients, according to a new NHS report. Winnie Andango from NHS Blood and...
The Asake concert crush: What happened?
What led to two people dying at an Asake gig in south London? Many details remain unclear, but with the help of BBC correspondent Greg McKenzie and wi...
Let’s talk about OCD
We’re talking about OCD in this week’s episode. It affects two to three per cent of the population and is the lowest-funded mental health condition fo...
Could you be an astronaut?
We’re off to space for this one, following the European Space Agency’s recent announcement of a new bunch of astronauts. Nearly 23,000 people applied...
Life lessons with Toni Tone
Author and content creator Toni Tone is in the building and on the pod to share some words of wisdom with De-Graft. They discuss Channel 4’s Highlife...
Black environmentalists... where you at?
With a big environment summit happening in Egypt, De-Graft finds out why there are so few people from ethnic minorities working in the environment sec...
Loyle Carner’s 1am rule
Musician Loyle Carner drops in for a chat this week. He talks to De-Graft about what it’s like being a dad, identity and his ADHD. He also reveals his...
Black women and breast cancer
Black women in England are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with more advanced breast cancer than white women, according to Cancer Research UK....
Stormzy, Mel and a revealing tweet
After three years without a solo release, Stormzy is back with a new single, Mel Made Me Do It. It’s named after his personal stylist, aka Melissa’s W...
Wanted: Black chemists
There are 575 chemistry professors in the UK, but only one of them is black. An investigation also found that racism is “pervasive” in this area. So,...
Chris Kaba: What happened?
The Metropolitan Police has suspended the officer who shot Chris Kaba, an unarmed black man in his 20s. BBC reporter Greg McKenzie has been talking to...
The Voice newspaper hands the reigns to Prince Charles
Prince Charles has edited the latest edition of The Voice, Britain’s longest-running black newspaper, to mark its 40th anniversary. Following criticis...
STIs in the black community
It’s uncomfortable to talk about, but government statistics from 2020 show rates of sexually transmitted infections were highest among black people. D...
The cost of calling out racism
Two black students, Jemima and Elizabeth, tell De-Graft about what happened after they called out a racist incident at their university. The uni did i...
The sunscreen myth
There’s a myth that black people don’t need to wear sunscreen, but doctors say this is a dangerous misconception. De-Graft talks to Dr Kemi Fabusiwa t...
The story of house music’s black roots
With Beyoncé and Drake’s new house tracks dominating the dance charts, we check out the origins of the genre and how it started in the black LGBTQ com...
Black Pride and the Black Pound
Black Pride is back this summer, so the co-founder, Lady Phyll, stops by to talk about why she set up the movement and why it’s so important to the bl...
Love Island feat. Rachel Finni
People have been asking whether black contestants on Love Island are getting as much airtime as the other islanders, so we got our stopwatch out to me...