On 15th April at 6pm BST screened live outside the gallery and on Instagram Live Khaleb Brooks will release a perform Black Boys Can Swim.
A performance film piece highlighting black people’s relationship with water. In the United States there are at least 10 drownings a day. According to the Centre for Disease Control African American children between 5 and 14 are three times more likely to drown compared to white children. In the UK 80% of Black children do not swim and that number rises to 95% for Black British adults. A history of segregation not allowing access to pools, financial disparity and fear that can be linked to the Middle Passage has left multiple generations in the African diaspora fearful of water. In this performance Khaleb Brooks offers a new take on the common stereotype “Black people can’t swim” in Lamu, Kenya where local cultural exists in relation to the sea.
More City of London Listings MORE
Anthony McGill and Kaleidoscope Collective
Delve into the depths of the human experience with deeply personal chamber music by Brahms and Messiaen, performed…
Black Presence in 18th & 19th century London
This tour explores the lives of the Black Georgians, from freedom fighters and veterans to writers and boxers….
Boy Blue: Cycles Pre-Show Talk
Learn more about award-winning hip-hop dance theatre company Boy Blue and their new show Cycles at this free talk with…
The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film
We kick off this cinema season with a screening of Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel, with…
Johannes Radebe
A new story begins…Welcome to the HOUSE OF JOJO. Join TV Dance Sensation Johannes Radebe and a host of…
SHABAKA
Shabaka Hutchings, a pioneering voice in the renaissance of British Jazz, reintroduces himself with his brand new album Perceive…
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Brabbins
Martyn Brabbins takes the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on an adventure that spans oceans – from a…
Sona Jobarteh
Multi-instrumentalist and esteemed kora player, Sona Jobarteh performs her expansive and ambitious sophomore album Badinyaa Kumoo as part of her tour. …