John ‘Johnny’ Smythe (1915-1996)
He was selected to train as a navigator, due to his high scores on mathematics tests. Assigned as…
Black History Features
First World War Service and Sacrifice; Gershom Browne, (1898-2000)
Born in British Guiana (now Guyana), Gershom lived in rural Bagotsville, he was officially too young to enlist…
Kemi Badenoch, the woman of Nigerian descent who wants to be Prime Minister
“I have the conviction, the courage, and the clarity of thought to deliver that change,” she wrote on…
George Lamming (1927 – 2022) … Tribute
When we lose one of our greatest writers, we are thrown into mourning but when a publisher loses…
Windrush Day 2022 – how are you celebrating
You’ll find a full list of Windrush Day 2022 events and activities around the UK on Black History…
The Windrush experience expressed in music – from 1948 to 2022
The Windrush experience began with Caribbeans being invited to Britain to help rebuild the country after World War…
Africanism in Linton Kwesi Johnson’s Early Poetry
Afro-Caribbean and Black British dub poets, as represented by Jamaican-born Linton Kwesi Johnson, take heed of their artistic…
From Nanny To Ninja Man: The Role of Revolution In Jamaican Music and Society
Revolutionary political and musical concepts have transformed Jamaica and its relations with the outside world for centuries. From…
Renowned International Musician Leon Bosch Returns To South Africa For First Visit In Many Years
It is likely to be an emotive occasion for the musician who left his native South Africa in…
WATCH: African Community Service and Sacrifice
Folarin Kuku joined the Army in 2005 and attended Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. In…
An Adopters story
I reside in west London and used to be a foster carer. When one of the children (with…
When Frederick Douglass Came to Rochdale A Slave and Left A Free Man.
Frederick Douglass drew himself up to his height of just over 6 feet, looked out over the packed…
The White Knight Box A West Indian Journey
Even the very real threat of German U-Boats couldn’t deter him, anywhere was better than small-island, no-opportunity, boring…
WATCH: Black & British The Futz Butler feat. Tony D
This October, veteran British battle rapper Tony D has collaborated with bespoke London sound house The Futz Butler…
WATCH: Caribbean Community Service and Sacrifice
“I was born in Woolwich, east London, to West Indian parents who had migrated to Britain in the…
Tony Fairweather’s debut novel Twenty Eight Pounds Ten Shillings: A Windrush Story
It is 1948, and post-war Britain is on her knees. The call has gone out to the British…
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963 arose from the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ black…
Billy Strachan (1921- 1998)
Born in Jamaica as William Arthur Watkin Strachan, Billy left school in December 1939 with a desire to…
English rugby is getting less white, but not much less posh
Bleary-eyed English rugby fans crowed into pubs around Twickenham last Saturday to watch England v Wales, one of the…
To end racial discrimination, we must start in the workplace
Many of us will have made New Year’s Resolutions this year. Some of us will take up new…
