Girlhood & Childhood

Black Girlhood & Childhood

Being a little black girl or black child in the world is not easy, but here we unpack everything from nostalgia to the traumas with our team of talented and insightful Black Ballad writers.

Tobi Oredein

Founder's Letter: What My Childhood Library Taught Me About Change

Sunday 23 February 2025 11:00 PM

Jendella Benson

Generation Alpha’s Relationship To Race Is Going To Be Unrecognisable

Wednesday 5 February 2025 12:00 PM

Beryn Orera

Black Women On Leaving The Cults They Grew Up In

Friday 12 April 2024 8:00 AM

Busayo Twins

We Need To Leave Our Apathy For Young People In 2023

Friday 15 December 2023 8:00 AM

Dr Aleema Gray

Black Girlhood & Growing Up Rastafari

Wednesday 8 November 2023 8:00 AM

Ifeoluwa Adedeji

How I’m Raising My Mixed Heritage Kids In Italy

Thursday 26 October 2023 8:00 AM

Michaela Makusha

The Girls Won’t Stop Saying ‘Girl Math’ and It’s Annoying

Wednesday 11 October 2023 12:30 PM

Maxine Harrison

Black Women On The Maternal Figures Who Fostered Them

Tuesday 3 October 2023 8:00 AM

Marie Gentles

How We Can Create Emotionally Supportive Environments For Teenagers

Wednesday 6 September 2023 10:30 AM

Diana Anyakwo

What It’s Like Growing Up With A Parent Who Has A Mental Illness

Thursday 31 August 2023 8:00 AM

Atinuke Awe

What To Do If A Child You Know Might Be Autistic

Friday 23 June 2023 8:00 AM

Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini

What It’s Like To Be Sent ‘Back Home’ As A Child

Friday 7 April 2023 8:00 AM

Lynda Ndubuaku

You Should Already Be Talking To Your Kids About Sex

Friday 31 March 2023 8:00 AM

Madeline Wilson-Ojo

'Cash Is Queen' Is The Finance Book Every Black Girl Needs

Tuesday 7 March 2023 8:00 AM

Sabrina-Maria Anderson

Black Mums & Their Teen Daughters On Their Experiences In UK Schools

Wednesday 15 February 2023 11:00 AM

Edisana Stephen

How Gentle Parenting Can Stop The Cycle Of Generational Trauma

Monday 6 February 2023 8:00 AM

Jendella Benson

'Girlhood Unfiltered' Is The Essay Collection Your Younger Self Needed

Wednesday 21 December 2022 8:00 AM

Desriee Asomuyide

My Journey From Fashion Stylist To Toy Brand Entrepreneur

Thursday 6 October 2022 8:00 AM

Lauryn Mwale

My Ten Year Old Self Needed Encanto And Turning Red

Wednesday 4 May 2022 8:00 AM

Jendella Benson

For Black Women Enraged At Child Q Revelations

Sunday 20 March 2022 10:00 PM

Jamila Pereira

Rich Aunties: Moving Beyond Motherhood and Materialism

Friday 21 January 2022 8:00 AM

Natalie Eve Roper

The Nuances Of Talking To Our Children About Race

Thursday 20 January 2022 8:00 AM

Sandra Brown-Springer

Black Parents Are Sparing The Rod And Turning To "Gentle Parenting"

Monday 13 December 2021 11:00 AM

Jendella Benson

Adele's Teacher Has Me Thinking, How Do We Really Measure Influence?

Monday 29 November 2021 7:00 AM

Jaydee Seaforth

The Trap Of Being Labelled “Gifted And Talented” As A Child

Tuesday 23 November 2021 7:00 AM

Nzinga Cotton

What I Learned Growing Up Rastafarian

Friday 5 November 2021 7:00 AM

Chloe Seivwright

The Search For Black Haircare In South Wales

Tuesday 2 November 2021 7:00 AM

Jasmine Pierre

Dealing With The Casual Colourism Of My Childhood

Wednesday 25 August 2021 7:00 AM

Black Ballad

All The Things We Wish Our Younger Selves Knew

Thursday 8 July 2021 7:00 AM

Leah Dempsey

Growing Up Black In Northern Ireland Left Me With BPD

Monday 21 June 2021 7:00 AM

Mel Green

"Strict" Schools And The School-To-Prison Pipeline

Wednesday 19 May 2021 7:00 AM

Solape Alatise

Are Private Schools A Place For Young Black Girls?

Friday 7 May 2021 1:00 PM

Black Pistachio

How Parents & Teachers Allow Gender-Based Violence In Schools

Tuesday 4 May 2021 9:00 AM

Dawnie Walton

Finding Myself (And My Black Foremothers) In Rock Music

Tuesday 30 March 2021 7:00 AM

Ibianga Evans

Confronting My Childhood And Righting My Parents' Wrongs

Friday 26 February 2021 7:00 AM

Christine Ochefu

Editor's Letter: Southport’s Slumber Urged Me to Dream

Sunday 20 December 2020 9:30 PM

Tyla Grant

My Journey To Becoming An Autism Advocate

Thursday 17 December 2020 7:00 AM

Fiona Rutherford

Saturday Schools Are as Essential as They’ve Ever Been

Sunday 13 December 2020 9:00 AM

Courtney Stoddart

Race, Trauma, Belonging And Transracial Adoption

Monday 30 November 2020 7:00 AM

Black Ballad

Four Black Women On Style, Identity And Standing Out

Tuesday 20 October 2020 9:00 AM

Tiegan Abdulai

False Friends And Finding Myself: Being Mixed Race in Leicester

Tuesday 13 October 2020 7:00 AM

Monica Ande

Why Every Black Child Deserves A Private Education

Tuesday 8 September 2020 7:00 AM

Tobi Adunni

We Must Get The Police Out Of Our Schools

Wednesday 22 July 2020 12:30 PM

Jahnine Davis

The Problems With Researching Sexual Abuse In Black Communities

Wednesday 24 June 2020 7:00 AM

Pamela Djima

What It's Like Raising Third Culture Kids In China

Tuesday 9 June 2020 7:00 AM

Camomile Shumba

How I Found Independence After Being A Young Carer

Tuesday 24 March 2020 7:00 AM

Candice Noelle

Why I Had To Leave Wales To Find Where I Belonged

Friday 7 February 2020 7:00 AM

Tobi Adunni

Is Social Media Saving Our Missing Children?

Tuesday 21 January 2020 7:00 AM

Aimie Duggan

I Hated High School – Which Is Why I Decided To Work In One

Tuesday 19 November 2019 7:00 AM

Zuva

The Expectations Put On Oldest Daughters Harm Us

Friday 8 November 2019 7:00 AM

Ezimma Chigbo

What Top Boy Tells Us About Young Women And Street Culture

Friday 20 September 2019 7:00 AM

Lynette Lisk

Raising Black Children In Boris Johnson's Britain

Tuesday 20 August 2019 7:00 AM

Tomiwa Folorunso

Why I Still Find Christmas Difficult

Tuesday 11 December 2018 7:00 AM

Elizabeth Ayoola

What Running Away At 15 Taught Me About Parenting 

Tuesday 23 October 2018 7:00 AM

Tola Okogwu

White Children Need Diverse Books

Tuesday 21 August 2018 7:00 AM

Naida Redgrave

My Daughter Can’t Wait To Start School & I'm Terrified

Thursday 14 June 2018 1:30 PM

Stephanie Phillips

Growing Up As An Alternative Black Girl

Friday 1 September 2017 7:40 AM

Tiwa Adebayo

What I've Learnt As A Black Girl At Private School

Tuesday 31 May 2016 6:48 AM

Samara Linton

The Black British Girlhood Exhibition: Seeing Me

Friday 7 August 2015 7:21 AM