Wasi Daniju

Wasi Daniju is a qualified Person-Centred therapist, and a photographer, with a focus on photojournalism and depiction of lesser-represented groups. She has a keen interest in social and ecological justice, and a strong belief in community organising. Wasi tweets @knox_o

Residents challenge council plans to demolish their homes

Central Hill housing estate in South London is threatened with demolition. Residents are challenging the “regeneration”. Photos by Wasi Daniju, words by Lotte Lewis.

By Wasi Daniju and Lotte Lewis

/ 18 Jul 2017

Remembering Sarah Reed

Beaten by a Metropolitan police officer in 2012. Found dead in a prison cell in 2016. Sarah Reed, a black woman, mother, daughter, sister, whose smile could light up a room.

By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi and Wasi Daniju

/ 13 Feb 2016

I believe the word you want is 'rape'

Guards, we are told, have "engaged in sexual activity with a detainee" at Yarl's Wood, the Home Office immigration jail in Bedfordshire. (Trigger warning: includes account of an incident of rape. The link from ‘taxi ads’ contains a potentially distressing image.)

By Wasi Daniju

/ 1 Nov 2013