Richard Akinwande Savage – The Trailblazing Officer
Richard Akinwande Savage (Jnr) was born in Edinburgh in 1903. His father claimed descent from a freed Nigerian…
BHM Heroes
Ralph Ottey Service in the ‘Dambusters’ Squadron
Born and raised in Little London, and a descendant of a Scottish military doctor who settled there, Ralph…
Michael Adjivon A celebrated Military and Sporting Life
Michael’s story began in Togo in 1920, but he moved to Ghana when still a child to live…
Saluting Dr. Samantha Tross: A Visionary in Orthopaedic Surgery
In celebration of Black History Month, we spotlight the phenomenal Dr. Samantha Tross, a renowned British consultant surgeon…
Harold Sinson (1921- 2010)
In 1943, having been told by a friend that the RAF was advertising for people from the Empire…
Just a shy young Black kid from Stevenage, who became a World Champion seven times with 100 Grand Prix Victories
As Sir Lewis Hamilton reached his 100th Formula One grand prix victory in Russia, his family will remember…
Ignatius Sancho: The Composer
Born in 1729 on a slave ship, Ignatius spent his first two years as an enslaved boy on…
Marcus Rashford, footballer, campaigner, and bestselling author and just a kid from South Manchester
If you check out his biography on Wikipedia it says…. Marcus Rashford MBE is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward…
Claudia Jones And Dame Jocelyn Barrow: Digging The South London Connection Of Some Inspirational British African Women
Talking About Claudia Jones And Other Inspirational British African Women You are going to be reading about Trinidadian-born…
How Black Soldiers Helped Britain in First World War
WALTER TULL has become the most celebrated black British soldier of the First World War. He enlisted in…
Jon Daniel – In memory of our dear friend on the 3rd anniversary of his sad passing. A true creative genius and an icon of creative design.
The exhibition at the 198 Gallery in London was curated as a Blues Party. It was wonderfully nostalgic…
Haile Selassie – King, God or Redeemer?
Think about Rastafari and you’ll immediately conjure images of the charismatic reggae master Bob Marley and his headful…
Dame Jocelyn Barrow: More Needs To Be Done On Her Lifetime Work On Racial And Multi-Cultural Awareness
“I also believe that it’s part of our own responsibility as communities, as parents, as elders in our…
WATCH: Bernie Grant – One of Britain’s first black MP’s
After the 1987 General Election, he was one of the first three black MPs in the Commons, and…
Mary Seacole
She got herself out to the war by her own efforts and at her own expense; risked her…
Mandela’s Life and Times
Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in Mvezo, Transkei, on July 18, 1918, to Nonqaphi Nosekeni…
University of Wolverhampton presents Patrick Vernon OBE with an Honorary Doctor of Letters.
On Thursday 20th September 2018, the University of Wolverhampton presented Patrick Vernon with an Honorary Doctor of Letters….
African History Month Discussion Paper 3
Parts of this paper were read out by Addai-Sebo’s former Greater London Council and London Strategic Policy Unit…
African History Month Discussion Paper 2
Originally taken from a 2006 offline blog by Linda Bellos, and posted in 2011 on the TAOBQ (The…
John Henrik Clarke – The pioneer who made Africana Studies prominent in Academia
Dr. John Henrik Clarke was a Pan-Africanist writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in…
