Yasmin Begum is an award-winning bilingual campaigner, writer, and artist based in Cardiff. Her work is characterised by a rigorous engagement with anti-colonial historiography, archival practice, and community participation. Her work on the Cardiff 1919 race riots is archived at the National Library of Wales, and her most recent work on decolonisation and Welsh cakes has been described as "a complete waste of taxpayers' money" by the Shadow Secretary for Wales, the MP Mims Davies. She has published with the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Cylchgrawn Cara, Vittles, and Gal-Dem. You can read more of her work on her Substack, "Decolonising Wales". In her free time, she enjoys watching archival films, hiking, and eating samosas.
Yasmin Begum explores the kaleidoscopic folklife of Wales, deconstructing colonial curation and shining light on the folklore and history of the second oldest community of Black people and people of colour in the UK.
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