Baroness Valerie Amos appointed the first-ever black College Head at Oxford University
The Right Honourable Baroness Valerie Amos CH PC, has been appointed as the new Master of University College,…
News Views and Opinion
Malaika Rose Stanley
My friend Malaika Rose Stanley, who has died of cancer aged 65, was a pioneering children’s author, educator…
Black Cultural Archives, Who Are We?
The power of an archives is how it relates to our identity and community, and how we understand…
An interview with Dr Kennetta Hammond Perry – Director, Stephen Lawrence Research Centre
The opportunity to shape national and international conversations around tough, complex issues such as institutional racism and social…
Reggae Tree Plaque Unveiled On International Reggae Day 2019 In Harlesden
The unveiling of a plaque by the Reggae Tree means Harlesden, Brent adds another notch to its claim…
Mark Marcus Garvey’s Birthday With A Community Discourse On Pan-Africanism Vision And Implementation
Almost 120 years after it gained currency, history consultant Kwaku argues that if pan-Africanism is not to atrophy…
The London Library has announced a new partnership for promoting Black British writing.
Twentyin2020, launched by Jacaranda earlier this year, sees the UK publishing house exclusively dedicating a year of publishing…
A Plan for Righting the Wrongs of the Windrush Scandal
With the recent revelations by David Olusaga’s BBC documentary ‘The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files’ found evidence of…
Siobhan Aarons, Chair of Conservative Friends of the Caribbean
I was born and raised in the city but still people will often ask where I am ‘really’…
CARLOS ACOSTA WINS CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARD 2018 FOR SERVICES TO THE ARTS
Acosta thus becomes the third dancer to win the high distinction of the UK scene. Previously it had…
A Tribute to Andrea Levy, by Sir Lenny Henry
I wanted it to go on forever. That’s the thing about Andrea Levy’s work – when you’re dug…
WATCH: “I didn’t know what Windrush was!” Kenny Lynch
Evening all where do we start then. I was born in the East End of London in 1938….
Coventry graduate receives ‘Young Achievement Award’
Fatou Bah Bah, who graduated from Coventry University with a first class honours degree in International Leadership and…
Channel 5 teams up with The TV Collective to open doors to BAME-owned indies
Channel 5, part of Viacom International Media Networks, has today announced a new initiative, working in partnership with…
Leading Caribbean scholar appointed Director of UCL’s Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership
Leading scholar in Caribbean history, Professor Matthew Smith, has been appointed the new Director of UCL’s Centre for…
“We didn’t win the war for people like you to come here and take our homes and jobs.”
I was aware that I had a right to be here and an entitlement to exist. Now, I…
Monument At Waterloo!
“On 22 June 2019, Theresa May, Britain’s acting Prime Minister, announced that London Waterloo Station had “been confirmed…
The Ambassadors Youth Choir
The Jamaican Ambassadors Youth Choir is no exception and following on from the success of last year’s Independence…
PM confirms landmark location for new Windrush monument
The capital’s world-famous London Waterloo Station has been confirmed as the location for a permanent Windrush monument, the…
The Murder That Changed A Nation
My name is Stuart Lawrence and I am the younger brother of Stephen Lawrence (13th September 1974 –…
