Lover’s Rock Monologues
For Black History Month, the trio take their tour nationwide, showcasing their talents on a number of topics,…
News Views and Opinion
Lord Herman Ouseley: Equality and Inclusion Champion
Over forty year’s, Herman’s continued success in not only highlighting racial inequality, but challenging it too, has seen…
Tolu Akinyemi’s ‘poetry for people who hate poetry’
An experience as a boy, growing up in Akure, a town in Nigeria, West Africa, illustrates his early…
Disability in Sport: An Interview with Ashley Hull-Owolabi
Ashley is a 28 year old who lives with Cerebral Palsy due to being asphyxiated at birth. Over…
An Interview with Suzan-Lori Parks
She returns to the Royal Court with Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)…
LSE Black Achievement Conference
Hosted by presenter and entertainer Kat B from MTV, the Conference includes a line-up of high profile engaging…
Punch Announces Lover’s Rock Monologues Tour 2016
The Lover’s Rock Monologues brings the sound of timeless music across the UK this October-November. Lovers Rock icons…
AUNTIE: THE OPEN DOOR REVIEW
The hardest thing a performer can ask of a small crowd is audience participation. The smaller the audience,…
WATCH: Mandela Trilogy with Cape Town Opera – Wed 31 Aug 2016–Sat 3 Sep 2016
It follows Mandela from tribal initiation rites on the banks of the Mbashe River and heady and rebellious…
Portraits of black British life before Windrush in frame for new show
Photographs taken in 1862 of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a woman who was captured as a child in Africa…
African Odysseys present: Legacy Media Institute’s Filmmakers’ Workshop
Multi-award winning filmmaker Tim Reid presents a two-week intensive filmmakers’ workshop through his initiative Legacy Media Institute (legacymediainstitute.org),…
Putting Black Britons First
But I would argue that it’s preferable for black history events to be showcased throughout the year –…
Help wanted in Manchester: Research in ‘oral history’ about Afro-Caribbean food.
I’m currently working on the project for my master’s final dissertation in modern history. I would like to…
NFTS and Channel 4 looking for filmmakers from diverse backgrounds
The National Film and Television School, in partnership with Channel 4, is looking for applicants from diverse backgrounds…
Haringey Seeks Black History Month Film Project Participants
The London borough of Haringey is producing a new documentary for this year’s Black History Month celebrations, and…
What is the issue with natural African-Caribbean hair?
As the solicitor who had conduct of the school exclusion “cornrows case”, G v St Gregory’s Catholic Science…
Mary Seacole statue to be unveiled in London
She was a Jamaican-born nurse who cared for wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War in the 19th…
Sam King: ‘Legendary’ Notting Hill Carnival founder dies aged 90
Sam King MBE sailed to the UK on the Empire Windrush in 1948 and was elected as Mayor…
Sam ‘Mr Windrush’ King MBE passes away at 90
Sam King passed away in the early hours of Friday morning with his close family at the age…
Tower Hamlets Black History Month Funding 2016
What is the Event Fund? The Event Fund is part of the Council’s Mainstream Grants allocation specifically for…
