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 of African descent in the development of both Western Literature and civilization. An event like ours has become all the more important since, within very recent times, scholars and historians such as Prof. Manu Ampim of Africana Studies, Oakland California (USA) (The Vanishing Evidence of African Classical Civilizations, 2006) and Robin Walker (When we Ruled), have once again found it necessary to challenge the West's attempt to falsify African History

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 want to improve self esteem and academic performance. Topics will cover; how to get black history in your school, film,book and website resources to assist, how racism works in schools and what you can do to get round it plus Black Heroes of World War 2

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 the African-British business community. Maafa explodes received ideas about British slavery and presents another history of the African holocaust while examining the politics of the British government's bicentenary celebrations. Screening will be followed by a discussion..

Above: White demostrators oppose racial discrimination in England 1965

Wednesday 1st October 7.00pm-9.00pm

Swiss Cottage Library, Tube: Swiss Cottage,. Free entry, first come first served

While presenting a fair and just approach in public the laws passed by Tory and Labour governments have operated to reduce non-white immigration but encourage Europeans. Using old news reports, de-classified files and interviews with ex cabinet members  this interactive presentation will detail the centuries old efforts made to keep black people out of the country.