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Grazia magazine was forced to apologise on Friday for photoshopping the hair of black actress Lupita Nyong’o. She said the doctored image showed there was still unconscious prejudice against black hairstyles.

She’s a singer-songwriter with three Grammys to her name and an activist with an impeccable pedigree. Matt Frei speaks to Angelique Kidjo – ‘Africa’s premier diva’.

The Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o has hit out at a magazine for cropping her hair on a front cover photograph. She’s accused the magazine, Grazia, of  smoothing her hair to fit their notion of what beautiful hair looks like. Michelle De Leon, founder of World Afro Day, and Nicole Vassell, from Pride Magazine, discuss the issue.

Exactly 25 years ago today REM released Automatic For The People – an album that still ranks in Rolling Stone Magazine’s greatest of all time. The band from Athens, Georgia were at the height of their fame and creativity and they’ve re-mastered the album together with demo tracks and videos. Michael Stipe and Mike Mills talk…

He’s one of the most influential characters in British music today. The sound that Wiley created in East London at the turn of this century – which eventually became known as Grime – has now reached global popularity. But whilst his peers achieved huge chart success, he has been known as the driving force behind…

The actor Kevin Spacey is facing an outcry from the LGBT community – after he came out in the wake of allegations that he made a sexual approach towards a 14-year-old boy in 1986. The actor made a statement on social media after Anthony Rapp revealed details of the alleged incident – saying it had…

Many have been credited with creating rock’n’roll and Fats Domino’s name was always listed among the pioneers. With his bluesy vocals and boogie woogie piano playing, he starting having hits earlier than most of his rivals to the inventor’s crown. Today his relatives said he had died surrounded by his family in his New Orleans…

One of America’s foremost poets talks about race and social justice in the United States.

Willem Dafoe and director Sean Baker talk about their new film The Florida Project, which looks at poor families living in the shadow of Disney World.

Actor Katherine Kendall says Harvey Weinstein took his clothes off and asked her to massage him after inviting her to his room. He has denied allegations of rape, sexual assault and harassment.

The allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have become more serious overnight, with three women telling the New York Times that he raped them. He has denied any non-consensual sex took place. In a statement, Mr Weinstein’s wife described her sadness at the tremendous pain his “unforgivable actions” have caused women, as she announced she…

One of the areas coming under the most scrutiny in the audit was education. Fatima Manji has been to meet students at a predominantly non-white school to ask them about race, inequality and how it affects them and their peers.

First Secretary of State, Damian Green, discusses the government’s race audit.

When Theresa May became PM she pledged to tackle the “burning injustices” in society and demanded that public services “explain or change” racial inequality. Fifteen months on we have her racial disparity audit showing, among many things, that black Caribbean children, for example, are three times more likely to be excluded from school than white…