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Can a Black man become a neo-fascist? In her latest article for oltreoceano, Magalì Asfaha explores the life of Giorgio Vale, a young Italian of Eritrean descent who became involved with some of the most violent far-right organizations of the so-called Years of Lead. Through a conversation with researchers Carlo Costa and Gabriele Di Giuseppe, whose decade-long work helped reconstruct Vale’s …

There is a growing tendency to treat every forgotten record, every rediscovered archive, every overlooked artist as a hidden masterpiece waiting to be redeemed. But what if cultural memory is more complicated than that? In her latest article for oltreoceano, Maram Khenissi uses the return of the Lafayette Afro Rock Band catalogue to reflect on archives, sampling, migration, and the unequal ways …

Grime did not emerge in a vacuum. Born in the estates of London, it carries echoes of hip hop, sound system culture, jungle, and the lived realities of Black Britain. But where does grime sit within the broader Black Atlantic musical tradition, and can it be considered part of hip hop’s extended family? In this interview, writer and journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom joins Naomi Kelechi Di Meo and …