Season 12 (April - July 2024)
Session 133
This week, Atinuke talks about her Brilliant Black British History book.
Atinuke is a Nigerian-born author who started her career as an oral storyteller of tales from the African continent. She draws on her recent Yoruba ancestry and her life in West Wales to write stories of contemporary life in Nigeria and in Wales. She is the author of the bestselling Anna Hibiscus series, and Africa Amazing Africa was her first venture into non-fiction.
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Session 134
This week, we're joined by Prof Celia Naylor from Barnard College, Columbia University, New York.
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Session 135
This week we were joined by Prof Celia Naylor from Barnard College, Columbia University, New York.
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Session 136
Lamesha Ruddock from Blemme Fatale Productions and Dr Joseph Farquharson from the Jamaica Language Unit at the University of West Indies. joined us for a fascinating and informative talk about the Jamaican language.
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Session 137
Simon Ferrigno spoke on A fresh look at Jacob Wainwright's diary and visit to the UK in 1874’.
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Session 139
Rudi Page, one of the creators of the Windrush 75 departure last year, talked about the Windrush journey.
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Session 140
This week, we're celebrating teachers from Jamaica and others with Caribbean heritage.
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Session 141
Bill Hern highlights his latest book - featuring the passengers on the Windrush and were joined by Levi and Neal Lawrence whose Dad was on the ship.
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Session 142
We welcome Garrick Prayogg and others from Justice for Windrush Generations, Windrush International Allies Network, and others challenging and supporting the ongoing issues re compensation etc. We also focused on the wonderful work of the Association of Jamaican Nurses - Alina Wallace and Sherill Gregory from the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) UK joined us
Session 143
Liz Millman from Learning Links International introduces Alex Renton and Dr Christienna Fryar who have been working with others who have been on the committee that has been drawing up recommendations for the Church of England's reparatory justice for transatlantic enslavement plan, now published.
It is hoped it will provide a model for other institutions. The announcement of the Oversight Group's report on the form and intentions of the CofE fund is now launched.
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Session 144
Daniel Johnson is the founder of social enterprise organisation In Music In Media. He is also a music artist, educator, public speaker and culture specialist. From a very early age he established himself as a DJ / artist which led to him working with international acts, hosting national radio shows and securing national and international performance bookings.
Using his influence he developed an artist development model which he initially used to steer his peers away from crime. This later became the model he would deliver in schools and universities, promoting unconventional education and career pathways. As a specialist in music of Black origin, his practices cover a broad range of related skill sets and his studies demonstrate the global influences of these music styles and cultures visible globally in modern day culture.
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Session 145
Dr Marcella Daye came to tell us more about her fascinating research, tracing Black lives in the UK leisure and tourism landscape. We also had a consultation on the six shortlisted memorials to the victims of transatlantic slavery.
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Session 146
In 1693, Captain Thomas Phillips embarked on a voyage from London to Guinea, where he purchased enslaved Africans on behalf of the Royal African Company. The subsequent journey across the Atlantic witnessed a tragic toll, with hundreds of the enslaved captives, and many of the crew, losing their lives before the ship reached the shores of Barbados.
Fast forward to 2010, three centuries later, in 2010, Brecon Town Council made a startling decision—to honour Captain Phillips with a plaque. Brecon Town Council’s decision to honour Captain Phillips with a plaque ignites controversy.
In this engaging and original narrative, Rosemary Caldicott analyses the pages of Phillips’s journal to reveal the day-to-day brutality that defined the triangular trade, uncovering the forgotten stories of the victims in this dark chapter in history. She also reveals the compelling story of the campaign to remove the plaque, a campaign that finally bore fruit amid the world-wide ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests that reached the heart of Brecon.
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