Ignatius Sancho: The Composer
Born in 1729 on a slave ship, Ignatius spent his first two years as an enslaved boy on…
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Second World War Service and Sacrifice – Dr Harold Moody (1882-1947)
Born in Jamaica, Harold was the eldest child of a successful retail chemist and strict Congregationalist. Harold moved…
Second World War Service and Sacrifice – William ‘Bill’ Miller (1890-1970)
Born in Plymouth, William Alexander Miller, known as Bill Miller, was the son of an English mother and…
Claudia Jones: The Myth Buster
As we mark African History Month, expect Claudia Jones be become better known this year. She’s the subject…
Ghana And The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Personal Reflection
Last year Melinda Gates, the now divorced wife of Bill Gates, and co-chair of their philanthropic charity Bill…
The last slave owners of Islington
Islington in the 1830s was transforming from rural outskirts into a genteel suburb. Like today, bricks and mortar…
Lindy Delapenha: Boro’s Jamaican legend
Very occasionally there comes along a footballer with the precision and power of Rudolf Nureyev. Lindy Delapenha, who…
The Rt Hon The Lord Paul Boateng of Akyem and Wembley PC DL
The challenge is to prepare by a policy of inclusion rather than exclusion all young people to thrive…
Marcus Rashford, footballer, campaigner, and bestselling author and just a kid from South Manchester
If you check out his biography on Wikipedia it says…. Marcus Rashford MBE is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward…
PROUD TO BE….
I am proud to be following in the footsteps of heroes and sheroes, icons and legends, that are…
Impressive line-up of speakers at Black History Month conference
The conference takes place on 11 October from 1pm-5pm and the speakers include historian and writer David Olusoga…
The 1936 Battle of Cable Street
My birth in 1934, in the Parish of St Georges, at 61, Cable Street a ‘Cockney’ into a…
Black History Month 2021 – let’s make it a festival of celebration
Last year, I wrote that Black Lives Matter protests around the world had sparked a commitment among many…
Black Lives Matter is also part of Black British History
We have come a long way as a society from ‘Negro History Week’, established by Carter G. Woodson…
Belonging: Fate and Changing Realities
It was, therefore, a welcome surprise during 2020 when there was an apparent upsurge in acknowledging the existence…
BTWSC/AHR Convenes British African History Forum Ahead Of African History Month
BTWSC/AHR Convenes British African History Forum Ahead Of African History Month Community organisation BTWSC/African Histories Revisited (BTWSC/AHR) has…
Dressed to the nines
Elegantly dressed wearing a Christian Dior inspired skirt made by a Vincentian dressmaker. Plus, a blouse, cardigan and…
Lucy St Louis, The World’s 1st black Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera
She has made history as becoming the first Black performer to play the role of Christine in the…
Our decade in adoption
We are a same-sex couple and we have been together now for 13 years. We always knew we…
Guvna B is a successful Rapper, Author, TV Pundit, West Ham supporter and very proud, Dad
Isaac Borquaye, better known as Guvna B, is a rapper, author and broadcaster from Custom House, London. He…
