About us

Yasmin Tijani is a digital marketer, content creator and artist. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Management Studies from the University of Leicester in 2020, she embarked on a marketing career fuelled by a passion for crafting compelling content. With a diverse background spanning digital and product marketing, Yasmin has worked across various industries, including her recent tenure in the music industry at BMG. Additionally, as an oil painter and commissioned artist, Yasmin's work delves into themes of Black self-love, body image, and commentary on art through the ages. Her abstract style and conceptual pieces have been showcased at esteemed exhibitions and featured on ITV.

Fisola Kelly-Akinnuoye (she/her) is a freelance writer-producer and facilitator working across theatre and literary spaces. She has written short stories, poetry and a one-act play 'Conversations with Myself' on the Almeida Anthem Playwriting Programme. She co-founded Wordstew Magazine, a literary publication and collective that platforms and nurtures black writers. Currently, she is an administrative assistant at The Gate. Her aim is to co-create communities that nurture sustainable productions of creativity in all formats and champion storytelling from diverse voices.

Fabia Turner is the founder of the Jericho Prize. She is also a former Ealing borough primary school teacher and Scholastic Education book editor with a lifelong passion for children's literature. With 12 years' combined experience in education and publishing, she has advocated for the use of multicultural/multi-ethnic resources in UK schools while working in both sectors. Concerned about the lack of Black critics on the UK arts scene, she also became a member of the Critics of Colour Collective in 2018, writing theatre reviews for their online platform. In 2018, she created Candid Cocoa, an arts blog now focused on getting more Black children's books into primary schools. She recently too up a new position as Head of Content at charity Inclusive Books for Children.

Matthew Turner is a writer, script editor and marketing consultant. After completing a PhD in English Literature, Matthew taught at the University of Sussex while continuing his research into modern literature and popular culture. For over 20 years, he has worked in Head of Content roles for a range of companies, managing marketing content projects and promotional campaigns. As a playwright, Matthew’s work has been produced at the Arcola Theatre, Theatre503, the Brighton Fringe and elsewhere. His last two plays, Closed and Dead Yard, both reached the final 40 of the Bruntwood Prize. Dead Yard, which focuses on the generational struggles of a contemporary British-Jamaican family, was also selected for the Arcola PlayWROUGHT festival in 2017.