There Are Some Encouraging Moves To Do With British African History In Academia, But Can What Is Happening On The Community Level Be Ignored?
“Be not arrogant because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the wise….
Black History Features
Dame Donna Kinnair – Realising the hopes of the Windrush Generation
Many young women arrived in the UK from the Caribbean with a dream to be a nurse. It…
Sergeant Nikanori Oming – The Unforgettable WWII hero from Uganda, East Africa
My beloved Grandfather Nikanori Oming, was one of the fifteen children born to Bua Aryec and Atim Alito…
The British Army – A LEGACY OF VALOUR
Black History Month 2018 coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice; a fitting time to reflect on…
Barnardo’s helpline for Black and Asian children, young people and families affected by Covid-19.
Official statistics show Black people are over four times more likely to die from COVID-19 related illnesses than…
Rosa Parks – The mother of the modern day civil rights movement
Rosa Louise Parks was nationally recognized as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in America….
Black British Swing: Caribbean Contribution to British Jazz in the 1930s and 1940s
To jazz followers, however, it meant the arrival of Jamaican alto saxophonist, Joe Harriott and other modern musicians…
Kamala Harris – the first elected black woman in the White House
Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for President of the United States on 21 January 2019 at Howard University….
WATCH: I’m a housing service officer working in North London; my great great grandfather once ruled a nation
“My mother’s family are part of what was originally the Aksumite Empire, which became the Ethiopian Empire or,…
Black Female Ownership
My Grandmother flew over from Jamaica to honour the Queens request for more key workers. Grandma was only…
Joyce Forbes photo-story HERE AM I
Her father was a farmer, her mother was a shopkeeper and a ‘higgler’, taking the farm produce to…
How a new kind of trade union is helping to tackle racism in the 21st century – An interview with Chris Knight
Community describes itself as the modern union for a changing world. The union was formed following an amalgamation…
Freedom – A New Jerusalem -An interview with Jon Scott
Celebrated singer and multi-instrumentalist Jon Scott is releasing a brand new EP entitled Freedom – A New Jerusalem….
Why, I am not celebrating Black History Month.
I grew up in Britain, but I have always been very much connected to my Lozi (western Zambia)…
My Cloned Racial Experience
“Black people were forced to revisit their reality, there were fall outs on social media, people breaking down…
The ZONG Project “Addressing the legacy of colonial slavery and industrial exploitation”
The Movement for Justice and Reconciliation was established in 2015 to highlight and address the legacy of the…
Beyond Black and Proud
For many 2020 was set to be a big year, there was something about entering a new decade…
Bristol and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
The slave trade was part of the network of trade which existed between Britain, West Africa and the…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH – A BEGINNING AND NOT AN END
“This is the era of Black Lives Matter” What does October mean to you – clocks going…
WATCH: Jon Daniel- The creative genius who helped bring our identity to life
The exhibition at the 198 Gallery in London was curated as a Blues Party. It was wonderfully nostalgic…
