Wilson Samuel Jackson – The First Black Train Driver
Our late Father, Wilston Samuel Jackson, Bill to his friends, was born in the Jamaican parish of Portland…
Black History Event Highlights
Informer East Africa and MBC Present Changing the Narrative Weekend at Africa Centre, London
Through a series of discussion forums and interactive exhibits, the event will confront what it means to decolonise…
Caribbean Takeaway Takeover: Identities and Stories by EVEWRIGHT
EVEWRIGHT, a multi-disciplinary visual installation artist, challenges public environments to make spaces for Black British stories to exist…
Join the Black History Month conversation at ‘14% Creative’
On Wednesday 30th October, as Black History Month come to a close, WeAreWaterloo will bring together a panel…
Waiting for myself to appear
Waiting for myself to appear is set in and inspired by the atmospheric restored 18th century almshouse at…
INALA to play Royal Albert Hall for one night only
INALA, the critically acclaimed South African Dance-Musical sensation, will celebrate World Ballet Day on Wednesday 23 October with…
RUSH – A Joyous Jamaican Journey is a new narrated musical about the history of Reggae Music.
Owen Miller the Artistic Director and Producer of the show, was born and brought up in Handsworth Birmingham…
Queens of Sheba – An interview with director Jessica Kaliisa
Written by Jessica L. Hagan and presented by creative movement Nouveau Riché and Omnibus Theatre. Following widespread critical…
CARIBBEAN TAKEAWAY TAKEOVER: STORIES & SOUNDS FROM THE WINDRUSH GENERATION
As part of Friday Late, contemporary artist EVEWRIGHT will continue to explore the ideas around alternative space and…
Our Lady of Kibeho opens at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London on 25th September
In 1981 at Kibeho College in Rwanda, a young girl claimed to have seen a vision of the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Death Of A Salesman Transfers To The Piccadilly Theatre
Following her recent award-winning successes on Company and Angels in America, Marianne Elliott co-directs Death of a Salesman…
WATCH: Sheku Kanneh-Mason – No Woman No Cry (Cello Version)
He previously rose to fame as the first black musician to win BBC Young Musician in 2016 and…
WATCH: The ground-breaking work of Faith Ringgold is celebrated in an exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, her first in a European institution.
The ground-breaking work of Faith Ringgold is celebrated in this exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, her first in…
