Vanitas Arts Celebrates ‘Hidden’ Black Suffragette with launch of brand new audio drama in Black History Month UK 2021
This podcast tells the story of one of the most important Black female activists in American history. An…
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Diane Abbott Attends Jamaican Art Private View For Black History Month – and Seriously Rates ‘We Belong’ By Human Rights Lawyer-Poet and Artist, David Neita
Labour’s Diane Abbott, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington famously became the first black female MP…
Angeliena a Q&A with South African filmmaker Uga Carlini
Angeliena, the bittersweet debut fiction feature film from multi-award winning South African filmmaker Uga Carlini, is to be…
Former Fire Chief speaks out about racial abuse in support of Black History Month
Former Assistant Chief Officer Wayne McCollin was born in Barbados before moving to the UK in 1960 and…
Proud to Be in Unity
Honestly, it took me longer than it should have to ponder and answer this question. Was it because…
Zoom Forum For Drilling Down Decolonising Language
There’s less chance of any form of activism succeeding, if the right language is not used to articulate…
Resources And Events Embedding The African/Black History Month UK Journey
This month, we’ve had a European MP in the House of Commons speaking up for the need for…
The Radical And Transnational Roots Of Black History Month In Britain
In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and…
A black cowboy story with a brilliantly contemporary message
If you’re looking for a film to enjoy, learn from and recommend to others then look no further…
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 1936 Battle of Cable Street
My birth in 1934, in the Parish of St Georges, at 61, Cable Street a ‘Cockney’ into a…
Belonging: Fate and Changing Realities
It was, therefore, a welcome surprise during 2020 when there was an apparent upsurge in acknowledging the existence…
Britain’s Black History Month 2021 Launches with Powerful Jamaican Art Exclusive Private View
One of the world’s most prolific collectors of Jamaican Art is Jamaican Cultural Activist London-based, Theresa Roberts is…
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…
Proud to be Who I Am… Black, a Londoner and a Fighter
I have never thought of myself as exceptional or inspirational. I had also never thought of myself as…
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…
Programme for Black History Month 2021 Leicester Announced
A multifaceted programme of exhibitions, discussions, films, workshops and performances as we return working across venues in Leicester. …
From Nala in the Lion King to the Godmother in Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderalla, Gloria Onitiri is a very busy performer
Her theatre credits are numerous and include: Guardiano in Women Beware Women and Katherina in Taming of The…
