Thabiso Sekgala: Here Is Elsewhere
From 28 August to 6 October 2019, Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space presents Here Is Elsewhere, a free…
Windrush: Portrait of a Generation opens at Fairfield Halls, Croydon on 19th September
The stunning photo-story, which received widespread acclaim when it was first exhibited for a limited time at the…
20 Most Influential Black History Books
History in its broadest sense contains all knowledge not acquired in the present. Therefore, all the subjects studied…
Staying Power: Interview with Earl Cameron
For decades the legendary British/Bermudian actor Earl Cameron CBE – who celebrated his 102nd birthday on August 8th…
Slavery Remembrance Lecture 2019: Tickets and Speaker Announced
National Museums Liverpool has announced that Johny Pitts will be delivering the Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Lecture, as…
1968 Race Relations Act: Reflections of a Windrush Descendant
My parents and extended family were among the group of immigrants in the 1960s for whom attempts were…
Historical Slavery agreement signed by Glasgow and West Indies universities
The MOU is one of a series of recommendations made in a Report into Historical Slavery which the…
Baroness Valerie Amos appointed the first-ever black College Head at Oxford University
The Right Honourable Baroness Valerie Amos CH PC, has been appointed as the new Master of University College,…
New Daughters of Africa at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Margaret Busby’s historical anthology Daughters of Africa was published 27 years ago to international acclaim. Now there’s a…
Malaika Rose Stanley
My friend Malaika Rose Stanley, who has died of cancer aged 65, was a pioneering children’s author, educator…
Black Poppies – Britain’s Black Community and the Great War by Stephen Bourne
In Black Poppies the accounts of black servicemen fighting for their ‘Mother Country’ are charted from the outbreak…
QUEENS OF SHEBA
“They ask me where I am from! I say I am a mix. Of both racism and sexism…
Black Cultural Archives, Who Are We?
The power of an archives is how it relates to our identity and community, and how we understand…
An interview with Dr Kennetta Hammond Perry – Director, Stephen Lawrence Research Centre
The opportunity to shape national and international conversations around tough, complex issues such as institutional racism and social…
Reggae Tree Plaque Unveiled On International Reggae Day 2019 In Harlesden
The unveiling of a plaque by the Reggae Tree means Harlesden, Brent adds another notch to its claim…
Mark Marcus Garvey’s Birthday With A Community Discourse On Pan-Africanism Vision And Implementation
Almost 120 years after it gained currency, history consultant Kwaku argues that if pan-Africanism is not to atrophy…
All about Fostering
There are now more children than ever coming into care, with almost 6,000 more in care on any…
The London Library has announced a new partnership for promoting Black British writing.
Twentyin2020, launched by Jacaranda earlier this year, sees the UK publishing house exclusively dedicating a year of publishing…
John Kent – Britain’s First Black Policeman
The dates of John’s police career are surprising, 1835 to 1846. The story began with John’s father Thomas…
A Plan for Righting the Wrongs of the Windrush Scandal
With the recent revelations by David Olusaga’s BBC documentary ‘The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files’ found evidence of…
