‘I tell the truth about what’s unknown’: Moor Mother on revealing Britain’s ongoing slavery links | Music
‘The aftermath of enslavement just doesn’t wash away with bleach. It doesn’t wash away with new buildings. It doesn’t wash away with so-called diversity and representation.” The voice of poet and musician Camae Ayewa, known as Moor Mother, commands your whole attention even over a video call. Within minutes of connecting with her, it’s clear that when she speaks, she does so not to impress or to serenade, but to tell the truth. “In the last I did in the Guardian I said we have yet to deal with the repercussions of…