London, UK - March 18th 2022: Demonstrators hold placards, give speeches and occupy the road outside Stoke Newington Police station in protest at the strip search of black school girl Child Q

Child Q and that dirty word ‘black’

Do the same old social, financial, political, criminal issues arise whenever that dirty word ‘black’ is in the…


Acclaimed author George Lamming (L) with his first Caribbean publisher Lasana M. Sekou at a bookstore in Coral Gables, Florida, 1993. (Photo © House of Nehesi Publishers)

George Lamming (1927 – 2022) … Tribute

When we lose one of our greatest writers, we are thrown into mourning but when a publisher loses…


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Black History Month

2026 LISTINGS

Liverpool Tuesday 26th May 2026

Black Women Speak Volumes

Black Women Speak Volumes comes to The Women’s Organisation in Liverpool for an evening of powerful storytelling, discussion…

G9P71P Linton Kwesi Johnson with his portrait at the launch of Rankin's Front Row gallery at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Liverpool Thursday 28th May 2026

Desert Island Dissent with Linton Kwesi Johnson

Desert Island Dissent with Linton Kwesi Johnson comes to The British Music Experience in Liverpool for a powerful…