White Mens Wealth=Black Womens Poverty: 24 April
Friday 24th April 7.15pm-10.30pm White Mens Wealth=Black Womens Poverty: The links betweeen Trade, Aid & Gender Unit 9 Eurolink Business Centre, 49 Effra Road SW2 Tube: Brixton Adm: £5.00 Dr Lez and Blak Friday present Brother Tony sampling the work of Helen Wangusa, John Pilger, Walter Rodney, Hugo Chavez, Naomi Klein, Donna St Hill & […]
Black Women in World War 2, 7 December
Above: Una Marsons radio show West Indies Calling 1942 Sunday 7th December 1.00pm-4.30pm Conference Room, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1, Tube: Lambeth North. Free entry: First come,first served. ww.iwm.org.uk Although World War 2 is on the school curriculum and part of the national identity, the role of black women has been deleted. Many children […]
The Caribbean , USA and World War 2, 23 November
Above: Cy Grant came from Guyana, served in the RAF, was shot down, survived a prisoner-of-war camp and later became an actor, author and community activist Sunday 23rd November 1.00pm-4.30pm Conference Room, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1, Tube: Lambeth North. Free entry: First come,first served Please bring a donation An examination of the American […]
Afrikan World Masters & The Truth about Gun/Knife Crime ,16 November
Sunday 16th November 12.00pm-5.00pm Conference Room, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1 Tube: Lambeth North. Free entry: First come,first served. This is part of Black Film Festival more films at www.bfmmedia.com John Henrik Clarke, Ivan Van Sertima, Francis Cress Welsing and Fela Kuti in one mindblowing documentary for preview click here. http://video.aol.com/video/afrikan-world-masters-dir-kwaku-person-lynn/1850450 They break down […]
Naij, A History of Nigeria, 1 November
Saturday 1 November 2.00-6.00pmNaij plus Q & A with Jide Olanrewaju Conference Centre, British Library,Tube : Kings Cross Free entry: first come,first served http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/events/november.html Corruption, Mismanagement, Fraud, War are the stereotypical views of Nigeria and indeed Africa as a whole.This block-busting film explodes the mis-education and stereotypes and puts the country we now call Nigeria […]
Propaganda in the Empire, 25 October
Above: Somali, Kenyan and Nigerian Troops were some of the best fighters in the war against the Japanese. They were not allowed to have black officers. When they returned home they were’nt allowed to vote and their land was often given to white immigrants from England.Saturday 25th October 1.00pm-4.00pmConference Room, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road […]
Martin Luther King: Dream or Nightmare ? 12 October
Above: Americas response to peaceful demonstrators. Nashville 1965 Sunday 12th October 2.00pm-4.00pmSwiss Cottage Library,Tube: Swiss CottageFree entry, first come first served 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Although revered as a saint now, mainstream white America saw him as a troublemaker especially when he criticised the Vietnam War. […]
Word Power 10-12 October
Word Power International Black Literature Festival and Book Fair Friday 10th to Sunday 12th October 10.00am-8.00pm daily Emirates Stadium, Arsenal Conference Hall, Drayton Park N5. More info: 0207 254 9632 Lectures, debates, film shows,book launches. Meet and netwrok with literary agents,authors,wholesalers,distributors,historians, from Africa, Europe, America, Caribbean…Word Power aims to acknowledge the literary contributions of people […]
Children, Black History and the school system, 10 October
How to get the best for yourself and your child Friday 10th October 7.15pm-10.15pm Light on the Hill Church, 1A Vaughn Rd, Harrow HA1, Tube: Harrow on the Hill,West Harrow Adm: £5.00 (half price for kids) in advance ring Colourful Network 07838102024. Previously sold out, this highly rated interactive presentation is for those adults who […]
The Maafa by Toyin Agbetu, 9 October
Thursday 9th October 6.00pm-8.30pm Peckham Multiplex, British Rail: Peckham Rye Free entry: first come, first served. A drop kick to the head of the mainstream coverage of the bicentenary of the abolition of the “Slave Trade” in 2007: this is an uncompromising documentary with contributions from community activists, project workers, teachers, historians and members of […]