Pioneering Photography on Display in Ipswich for Black History Month
Ground-breaking portrait photography by John Ferguson, one of Britain’s most talented Black photographers and the acclaimed national press…
Black History Event Highlights
Black History Month at National Museums Liverpool
A time to come together, to celebrate, learn, think and to ACT. Black History is British History. National…
The Sounds of Croydon: From Samuel Coleridge-Taylor to Stormzy Online Exhibition – 1st October – December 31st
Croydon based organisation, PAST FUTURES is launching an online exhibition titled ‘The Sounds of Croydon: From Samuel Coleridge-Taylor…
Emerging Artist Latifat Obanigba Partners with Parents Support Group The Hug to Celebrate Black Women Breaking Barriers in New Exhibition
Artist Latifat Obanigba originally met The Hug Support Group’s founders when she attended one of their weekly sessions…
Woodhorn Museum welcomes new exhibition celebrating Black and African Caribbean miners as part of Black History Month
Digging Deep, Coal Miners of African Caribbean Heritage presents recently unearthed stories and memories of former coal miners…
The poetry of Yaissa Jiménez: Deep seduction with Caribe Punk twist
Dominican writer Yaissa Jiménez describes herself as a ‘Black bitch, black mouthed Caribbean punk, writer and woman.’ As…
UK’s biggest festivals of African cinema include jailed Sudanese director’s film in online showcase
The UK’s five biggest festivals of African film – Africa in Motion in Edinburgh/Glasgow, Afrika Eye in Bristol,…
Classically British 2020
CEO and artistic director Mark Elie is proud to present The Classically British 2020 event; an on-going Black…
Black History Month 2020: An Evening with Jeffrey Boakye on Wed, 21 October 2020
In this exclusive Black History Month event Jeffrey Boakye, author of Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored, will join…
Bald Black Girl(s) – Ruth Sutoyé 23 September – 17 October 2020
Simply by existing, figures such as Laura Mvula, Julie Adenuga and Michaela Coel are inspiring the visual representations…
Virtual Caribbean Carnivals, Whatever next?!
Some of the virtual carnivals were pre-recorded, others were live streamed, all were testament to the die-hards of…
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
It is against this background that the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its…
UNESCO’s Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition Remembrance Day -Sunday 23 August 2020
Mayor of London in partnership with Sankofa Day* invite you to join us virtually for this year’s very…
WATCH: The Living History of Slavery and Imperialism: Healing and Empowerment in the time of Covid-19 23 August 2020, 6pm
How did British systems of slavery shape the lives of Africans and their descendants? What tactics did Africans use for survival, and…
WATCH: Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Memorial Lecture Series 2020 Zita Holbourne – 22 August 2020, 6pm
Zita Holbourne is an award winning human rights campaigner, community and trade union activist, public speaker, visual artist, …
WATCH: Slavery Remembrance Day 2020 – The importance of Slavery Remembrance Day 23 August 2020, 3pm
For many years National Museums Liverpool has had the honour of hosting the Slavery Remembrance Day libation ceremony…
Slavery Remembrance Day – 23rd August
It was a crucial event in the fight to end the European transatlantic slave trade. The date has…
WATCH: My Creek Town Adventure, new movie by Enuma Chigbo set to hit the airwaves
“It tells the love story between Idara, (Sophie Dijeh) a beauty queen based in Calabar Nigeria, and Eyo,…
Marcus Garvey: 80 Years On… And The Significance Of August In The Pan-Africanist Calendar
Marcus Garvey: 80 Years On… And The Significance Of August In The Pan-Africanist Calendar Aug. 15 2020 update…
Over thirty years ago, Len Garrison, co-founder of Black Cultural Archives, asked the question “Where are our Heroes, Martyrs and Monuments?”
Our archive collection is now one of the most comprehensive collections that document the history and cultural heritage…
