This special walk for Camden Black History Month delves into an amazing depth of African/Caribbean history between Soho Square and Russell Square: It features:
- Ancient African civilisations
- Black Female entrepeneurs
- The Marcus Garvey connection
- Academia and the white curriculum
- Black British Civil rights activists
- Forgotten African genocide of the 20th century
- Black women broadcasters
- Equality in the military
- Mary Seacole, Walter Rodney, Ivan Van Sertima
What an amazing tour! It completely moved me to rethink the intricate web of social, economic and political relations that characterize British imperial rule and racial politics. Engaging, moving, will keep you asking more questions. The best way to get to know London. Alai Reyes-Santos, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon
Other coming events from BHW
- Black History bus tour 2021
- Black History river cruise 2021
- Emperor Haille Selassie and the Black history of Bath
- Sex and the Black Community
- Secrets of the Goldsmiths
- The Gentrification of Peckham and Black urban removal worldwide
- Jim Kelly Kung Fu and Black British Civil Rights
- Medical Apartheid Part 1 and 2
- African women resistance leaders : Political and Spiritual
- Black presence in the National Gallery
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