This year saw the first London Windrush Festival to celebrate 70 years of mass Caribbean migration to the UK. Now Wanda Nation brings a brand new Black History Month festival to celebrate the heritage & community of Caribbean, African and Creole speaking families in the UK.
On Sunday 4 November 2018, from 11am – 11pm this one day festival is being held at a brand new cultural hub & afro-perspective arts space called ‘Lewisham Village’. It will be a day of colour, culture, expression & vibrancy exploring topical issues & sharing thoughts in our day conference, sharing alternative versions of black history, talking ideas for progress, browsing the crafts market, eating good food & networking around the rum lounge with new friends. When the lights go down we will be getting down to party shaking ‘2 foot with half a hip’ & holding a whine with nice vibes in our evening Festival Party.
All the family are welcome from young to old, there will also be disabled access.
Art Exhibit | Workshops | Conference | Real Talk Sessions | Live Music & DJs | Crafts Market | Food Stalls & Rum Lounge | Festival Party
2CB3MKN Men, women and children from the Caribbean arrive at Southampton in 1962 at the invitation of the British Government to help with rebuilding Britain after World War II. These people became the Windrush Generation due to their treatment by the British Home Office under a hostile environment policy where employers and other organisations were required to ask for visas.