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…
Opinion
New Challenges for African History
The events seem so long ago. Leading up to the day Britain seems focused on other matters such…
Everything Has Changed but Nothing Has Changed?
As we end Black History Month 2017, there have been the inevitable, articles, tweets, broadcasts and posts extoling and praising the…
LESLIE BRAINE IKOMI “Oh, I hadn’t noticed”
My partner looked at the Georgian print displayed on the wall behind her and pointed out the black…
Dr Miranda Brawn – Is Black History Month still viable & should it change?
This year is the 30th Anniversary of Black History Month in the UK and the participation should be…
30 years ago Britain was a much different place than it is today
I recall 1987 not only for the inaugural celebrations, but also for the continuing hostility of how notions…
Black History Month in Wales
As a platform and site of cultural-political resistance and intervention, Black history re-tells, re- interprets, re-present the lives…
Whose history is it anyway
The same year saw riots in Chapeltown, Leeds and the election of three Members of Parliament of African…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH OR A YEAR OF BLACK HISTORY?
It is also a time when Black talent is perceived to be most in demand than any other…
More Than Just a Month
What we have seen over recent years, worsened under Austerity Britain are huge cuts to local authority…
30 Years of Celebrating Black History Month – What’s Next?
The early concept of BHM can be traced back to the celebrated historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926…
Dr Sireita Mullings – Lawrence
This is something we see repeatedly in human daily quests to connect, who we are with others. From…
Tunde Okewale MBE
I think both arguments are valid. The objective of the Black History Month should be to facilitate the…
What Black History Month Means to Me
On 14 October 1997, I took part in my first Black History Month event. I gave a talk…
BHM at 30 – Patrice Lawrence
They came from different parts of the Caribbean to train as nurses. So it feels rather poignant that…
October is Black Mathematician Month!
It is easy to reel off a list of black stars from football, athletics, basketball or cricket. The…
Dotun Adebayo
In fact, I ended up not talking about ‘black’ or ‘history’ at all. But because the image of…
So Black history month is 30 years old in the UK and 90 years old in the USA, is it still relevant, should it continue?
The reason the event was created in the first place was to correct the deliberate destruction done to…
Black History Month a reminder of what we never had …..
..it’s not something I can articulate easily because it feels like being against Christmas or not wanting to…
BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY
“…the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly…
