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Deadline: Sat 30 Apr 2016 Internationally renowned and award-winning poet Nii Ayikwei Parkes is editing a new collection…
Deadline: Sat 30 Apr 2016 Internationally renowned and award-winning poet Nii Ayikwei Parkes is editing a new collection…
As the first anthology of its kind in 15 years, Closure: Contemporary Black British Short Stories, edited by…
The first thing you notice about writer and performer Tonya Bolton is that she’s a plain speaker – great…
Sickle cell disease is the name given to a family of conditions. The most serious type is sickle…
Joy, who had her first piano lesson at aged 4 followed the family tradition of learning to play…
Black History Month getting together with Author Raymond A Francis to discuss his book and what inspired him…
Who is Tayo Aluko and how long have you been acting? I describe myself as a 53-year-old Nigerian…
When the Laughter and Music show takes centre stage at the world famous Nell’s Jazz and Blues Club later…
Three books are prominently displayed on his desk: William Shakespeare’s Othello, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth;…
I met with such an achiever, Keith Musaman Morton, producer of the film; Panomundo Part 1: The Evolution…
This space, currently housing the exhibition: “No Colour Bar: Black British Work In Action 1960-1990” is fitting when…
What would follow would be the invention of an ingenious and personalised education programme which converted forty two…
James Peters (August 1879 – 26 March 1954) was an English rugby union player and, later, a rugby…
There is now conclusive evidence that HIV originated in Africa. A 10-year study completed in 2005 found a…
Sislin Fay Allen was an inspiration for many when she became the Metropolitan Police’s first black female police…
There were sizable Black communities in Cardiff, Liverpool and South Shields but it is likely that for most…
Marley was a symbol of human rights that, through his music, decried the injustices of all people and…
Leading anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela has been freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years. His release…
Cleo Laine was born Clementina Dinah Campbell in Southall, Middlesex, to Alexander Campbell, a black Jamaican father, and…
“Powerful play. The most powerful well acted thought provoking play ever. Sheer genius!” Audience member Following an incredible…