HarperCollins’ BAME traineeship programme opens for 2018
The scheme was introduced in 2016 to tackle black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) under-representation within the industry….
Black History Features
The dancing slum kids tipped for stardom by Rihanna
Living in the slums of Ikorodu, Lagos, the dance troupe was created in 2014 to get kids from…
Black Brexit: What Opportunities And Challenges Does Brexit Offer For Britain’s Black Community?
Brexit – the UK’s exit from the EU – will lead to the most significant economic and political shake…
Scarborough Art Gallery look to shatter the ‘Glass Ceiling’ of museums for International Women’s Day 2018
To mark International Women’s Day, Thursday 8 March, Scarborough Art Gallery is hosting ‘Glass Ceilings: The Unseen Barriers…
Blue Plaques on Wolverhampton’s diversity, not Enoch Powell
The Express and Star have deliberately and social engineered a debate promoting the legacy of Enoch of Powell…
New Year career changers set sights on life in the classroom Package of support in place for people tempted by teaching
New Year career changers set sights on life in the classroom Package of support in place for people…
African History Month Discussion Paper 4
From Negro History Week to African Liberation Month Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali “Who owns history? Not even…
Ishiguro appeals for more diversity in literature
Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 this October and delivered his Nobel Lecture on Thursday…
SOME VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN BLACK BRITONS
AGNES BIZZETT / AGNES FOSTER was born in Jamaica around 1827, inherited money from her Scottish father, and…
Are you the leader you’ve been looking for?
AND we want to challenge both Black leaders and companies to look beyond the one-month-a-year scenario. The environment…
Black Artists – How Much Individuality Do They Get
Black Responsibility and Individual Rights: A Delicate Balance Eddie Chambers, academic and one of the original four artists…
BLACK BRITISH HISTORY: Black Influences on British Culture (1948 to 2016)
By Robin Walker, Vanika Marshall, Paula Perry and Tony Vaughan, published August 2017, with 118 pages, 145 illustrations…
Maureen Roberts “Come le’ We Talk”
This is a list of 30 heritage institutions in London that you should know about and visit because…
Phillip Udeh
Many of my peers went into banking and consulting, whilst I embarked on a year of placements with…
Alpha Boys’ School: Cradle of Jamaican Music
Behind Jamaica’s global musical reverberation lies the unlikely story of a boarding school run by Roman Catholic nuns,…
African History Month Discussion Paper 3
Parts of this paper were read out by Addai-Sebo’s former Greater London Council and London Strategic Policy Unit…
African History Month Discussion Paper 2
Originally taken from a 2006 offline blog by Linda Bellos, and posted in 2011 on the TAOBQ (The…
Black History Month Ends, African History Season Continues
Before the recent African History Month had ended, there were stories in the press about the white-washing, diversifying…
Dr Olivette Otele on Black History Month
Numerous are individuals and institutions that argue that Black History Month should be part of series of events…
New Challenges for African History
The events seem so long ago. Leading up to the day Britain seems focused on other matters such…
