Relaxed sightseeing cruise on Regent’s Canal with commentary and educational references on the centuries of African/Caribbean history.
There are centuries of Black history across Britain’s canal networks. This guided cruise from Camden to Kings Cross and back will expose and explore some of that history. Your exclusive, comfortable, canal boat will float gently along the quiet backwaters of this busy city while we discuss:
- Black scientists and inventors
- Ancient African engineering
- The real Bridgerton, rich Black British people of the 1800s
- The Trinidad connection, canals and capitalism
- African Americans and Civil Wars
- Luxuries and classic British culture
- Racist statues and those who defend them, the BLM connections
- Caribbbean labour and the British Industrial Revolution
- World War 2 and UK Nazis
- Armed Black resistance against white supremacy
- British sewage in the West Indies
- Your underwear.
Plus. Bring your own sandwiches and have a nibble while we float. After the commentary, we will enjoy some 70s/80s/90s classic Soul/R&B while sipping Jamaican ginger beer and sharing our specially curated historical book list.
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