Europe

Black Women In Europe

As long as humans have been migrating across oceans and mountains, there have been black people present in Europe.

The stories flowing out of modern Black Europe are vast and rich, and as a digital media platform based in Britain, Black Ballad is honoured to contribute to that.

Read on for more stories from across Europe.

Jendella Benson

Looking For The “Black Paris”

Thursday 24 April 2025 8:00 AM

Nour Abida

Why Some Young Black French People Are Moving Back To Africa

Tuesday 12 November 2024 8:00 AM

Alisa Jordan

What’s Life Like For Black Women In Germany?

Wednesday 16 October 2024 10:00 AM

Sage I. Hunter

There Are No Utopias: Anti-Blackness In ‘Tolerant’ Sweden

Thursday 8 August 2024 8:00 AM

Estelle Emmannuelle Biyiha

Aya Nakamura & What It Means To Be A Black French Woman

Tuesday 28 May 2024 8:00 AM

Igiaba Scego

Italy's Long & Troubled Relationship With Somalia

Friday 27 October 2023 8:00 AM

Ifeoluwa Adedeji

How I’m Raising My Mixed Heritage Kids In Italy

Thursday 26 October 2023 8:00 AM

Faith Katunga

How Black Women Are Thriving In Italy’s Business Landscape

Wednesday 25 October 2023 8:00 AM

Letitia Jarrett

Finding My Place as a Black British Woman in South Italy

Tuesday 24 October 2023 8:00 AM

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

Messy Black Characters & The White Readers Who Won’t Let Them Live

Thursday 19 October 2023 8:00 AM

Rosalia Masiya

What It’s Like Being Black In Poland

Tuesday 19 September 2023 8:00 AM

Mia Thornton

Meet Nabyla & Jasmina Serag of Switzerland's Sirens of Lesbos

Wednesday 2 August 2023 8:00 AM

Adama Juldeh Munu

How A Trip To Sarajevo Reawakened A Painful Personal Truth

Tuesday 31 January 2023 8:00 AM

Alisa Jordan

Moving To Germany & Leaving My London Mindset Behind

Tuesday 10 January 2023 8:00 AM

Sabrina-Maria Anderson

How To Bring Political Activism Into Your Everyday Spaces

Tuesday 1 November 2022 8:00 AM

Erica B. Donaldson-Ellison

Acts Of Resistance While Travelling As A Black Woman In Europe

Tuesday 28 September 2021 7:00 AM

Tida Dos Santos Baldé

The Shocking Politeness Of Northern Ireland's Racism

Friday 25 June 2021 7:00 AM

Tomiwa Folorunso

The Black Women Who've Left The UK For The Rest Of Europe

Thursday 22 April 2021 7:00 AM

Marianne Tatepo

Lous And The Yakuza On Blackness & BLM In Belgium

Friday 8 January 2021 8:30 AM

Tomiwa Folorunso

Editor's Letter: My Two Years of Optimism With Black Ballad

Sunday 6 December 2020 9:30 PM

Bella Frimpong

Black Europe Exists And It's Important We Unite

Thursday 12 March 2020 7:00 AM

Jenny McCall

Brexit And The Return Of White Supremacy

Sunday 15 September 2019 8:00 AM

Kyomi Wade

Dating As A Black Woman In Spain

Wednesday 29 August 2018 9:42 AM

Esme Allman

Decolonising The Curriculum While Living In Denmark

Monday 18 December 2017 8:00 AM

Iman Mohamed

Where Is Home For Somalis Born In Europe?

Tuesday 24 October 2017 7:00 AM