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Keep Smiling Through: Black Londoners on the Home Front 1939-1945 |
April 1 to November 1 2008
An exhibition exploring the contributions made by Black Londoners during the Second World War. From Air Raid Precaution wardens to popular entertainers, Black Londoners carried out a variety of tasks on the Home Front during the Second World War. This exhibition will uncover stories from South London and beyond, exploring both the positive and negative experiences of Black Londoners from 1939 to 1945 through rare photographs, music and film clips.
The exhibition will reveal the voluntary roles on the Home Front of ordinary Black men and women. It will tell stories of wartime courage, hardship and service to the community. It will also show how bombing, evacuation and rationing affected Black people.
Discover the story of community leaders such as Dr Harold Moody, a Peckham-based doctor, who became an ambassador for Britain's Black community and a founding member of the League of Coloured Peoples. Learn about the role musicians and singers like Adelaide Hall and Ken "Snakehips" Johnson played in keeping up London's morale during the Blitz. The exhibition will also reveal how Caribbean and African Commonwealth countries contributed to the war effort.
For more information about the events that will be accompanying the exhibition please contact the Cuming Museum on Tel: 020 7525 2332.
Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund
The Cuming Museum
Old Town Hall, 151 Walworth Road, London SE17 1RY
Admission free
Train & Tube: Elephant & Castle
Buses: 12-35-40-45-68-171-176-468-P5
Opening Times: Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am to 5.00pm
Tel No 020 7525 2332
The museum is fully wheelchair accessible.
www.southwark.gov.uk/cumingmuseum
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Chasing Freedom-Abolition 200 Conference |
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The Museum offers several workshops for KS3-4 students on the transatlantic slave trade and abolition including 'The Royal Navy and the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade', a workshop looking at real manuscripts and photographic resources; and 'Slavery through Objects', a hands-on exploration of the slave trade and journey across the Middle Passage. See website for more details or contact the Learning Dept on 02392 727568 or education.bookings@royalnavalmuseum.org |
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The Prestige Unity Comedy Special |
Tharmm Equest Limited and BECA Awards, presents the Prestige Unity
Comedy Special on Saturday 26th July at Catford Broadway Theatre
 The first Prestige Unity Comedy Trophy :
Jamaican comedians v Nigerian comedians.
Featuring the best of Jamaican comedy and Nigerian comedy.
Representing Jamaica - Mr. Cee and Teddy Bear and Representing Nigeria
- Tunde Ednut and Victor Daniels, sponsored by BEN TV.
So bring out your colours, flags, T-Shirts, whistles and come and enjoy
a night of pure comedic fun Nigeria v Jamaica with the winning team on
the night receiving the Prestige Unity Comedy Trophy 2008.
The night will be a fun-filled event with excellent national Humor and if your not from one of the countries, DON'T WORRY, come as a neutral.
Lots of laughs, lots of fun and a good night out
Tickets available from Catford Box Office on 020 8690 0002 or
Ticketmania on 020 8555 0044 from £12.50 + bf or book online at
www.ticketmania.co.uk
Doors open at 7.30pm. Show starts at 8pm.
Show sponsored by BEN TV
Jamaican motto "Out Of Many One People"
Nigerian motto "Unity & Faith, Peace & Progress" |
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The Equiano Society in association with Museum in Docklands invite
Teachers, Equality Workers, students, parents and anyone interested in the
teaching of Atlantic Slavery in schools to a Seminar on Thursday 24 July 2008 at Museum in Docklands, West India Quay, London, E14 4AL from 10.30am to 4pm.
The event focuses on Olaudah Equiano – showing how the story of his
life in Africa, in the Middle Passage, on the plantation, his Abolition Campaign
activities, etc, can be effectively used in class rooms to illustrate the story of
enslavement.
The programme includes a guided tour of the Museum’s ‘London, Sugar and Slavery’ gallery
ADMISSION: FREE
LUNCH PROVIDED
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO RESERVE A PLACE PLEASE
CONTACT ARTHUR TORRINGTON
arthurtorrington@hotmail.com |
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The George Padmore Institute and New Beacon Books
July 2008 Public Events Programme |
Talk by Colin Grant on Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus
Garvey
Wednesday 23 July at 7.00pm
At one time in the first half of the 20th century, Marcus Mosiah Garvey
was the most famous black man in the world. Born into poverty in rural
Jamaica and then moving to the USA, he was a self-educated man with an
incisive mind and astonishing ability to electrify the imagination. His
championing of the Harlem Renaissance and use of pageantry to evoke a
lost African civilisation and to articulate the submerged thoughts of a
despised but awakening people brought him admirers and enemies in equal
measure. In 1920 he masterminded the month-long first International
Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World, and his Universal Negro
Improvement Association soon boasted over 1100 branches in more than 40
countries. His newspaper, the Negro World, published writers including
Claude McKay and Langston Hughes. Yet only a decade later, Garvey was
serving time in a US penitentiary for mail fraud.
Colin Grant is an independent historian. He is the son of Jamaican
parents who came to England in the late 1950s. He studied medicine for
five years before turning to the stage and has written numerous plays
and scripts. He now works as a radio producer in the BBC Science Unit.
Negro with a Hat is Grant's first book which effortlessly captures
Marcus Garvey's life of contradictions, of successes and painful
failures.
All talks to be held at the George Padmore Institute, 76 Stroud Green
Road, London N4 3EN
Tickets cost £5.00 per talk or book all three for £12.00
For more information or to book a place at one of these talks, please
contact the George Padmore Institute at info@georgepadmoreinstitute.org
or call tel. 020 7272 4889 |
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NOI Mailing - Exodus Management Consultancy Services |
PRESENTS:
Faith, Family & Finances: The Foundation of Wealth
On Saturday 19th July 2008:
The keynote speaker for this event will be Mike Billion, a Washington
D.C. based strategist, business consultant and executive director. Mr
Billion has extensive knowledge and experience in Management Training
and Economics. He will address the principles of wealth creation and
its maintenance in today's ever-changing economy and how to build a
business without making compromises that adversely affect personal and
social life. If you missed Mr Billion's first visit to the UK in May
2008, don't miss this great opportunity to see and hear him live this
coming July.
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Date: Saturday 19th July 2008
Venue: Keyworth Conference Centre, South Bank University, Keyworth
Street, London SE1
Time: 6.30 pm - 9 pm (doors open at 6 pm)
For map and directions visit: http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about/maps.shtml
Limited Seating - Admittance by ticket only - price £20.
For tickets and further information leave your voice message on:
0871 211 1766 or 020 7738 4432 for us to call you back.
Alternatively, contact us via email: emcs@live.co.uk |
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Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy
Special guest speaker Tre Azam from 2007 The Apprentice
Leaders like Martin Luther King and Barack Obama are a source of inspiration for people throughout the world. 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, a prominent African-American civil rights leader. This year also marks the rise of Barack Obama, an African –American US presidential hopeful who has defied all the barriers that have eluded many African -Americans from reaching the pinnacles of US democratic institutions.
We at Operation Black Vote (OBV) believe that democracy cannot begin to address the concerns of BME communities until it is inclusive and representative of the people it seeks to serve. At the moment we are under-represented in places of power and influence. Our mission is to redress this imbalance.
OBV will on Thursday July 17th at 1.30pm hold a conference at the The Barton Hill Settlement, 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, Bristol BS5 0AX, to discuss the political alienation of Black Minority groups, particularly young people, and look at innovative ways of empowerment.
There will be a key note address from 2007 The Apprentice star Tre Azam, OBV director Simon Woolley and Dr. Marie-Annick Gournet ,Senior lecturer, University of the West of England
A panel discussion with workshops from leading youth service providers Rite Direktshon, The DISC agency and others.
Refreshments and free lunch will be served from 1pm.
This event is free but we are restricted in the number of available seats so please RSVP faz@obv.org.uk or call 020-8983-5474 by Tuesday 15th July.
Motivating young people to understand, appreciate and become involved in civic society is a huge but crucial challenge. But we believe, with your support, we can cultivate a generation of leaders to highest levels of office to make Dr. King’s dream a reality.
Yours sincerely
Simon Woolley
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A new play by Femi Oguns
‘You got the Whites – they’re a collective. Then there’s the Asians – they’re unified. And then there’s us. Divided. It’s deep.’
Two London lovers. One African. One West-Indian. What’s the problem? Follow your heart or honour your family? After the cult success of its work-in-progress production at Arcola Studio 2 last year, TORN transfers to the main house with an updated script and a new creative team. Kelle Bryan (Eternal), Jocelyn Jee Esien (Little Miss Jocelyn) and Wil Johnson (Waking the Dead) lead an all-star cast.
Sharp-tongued, witty, provocative and bold, Torn tells familiar story,of star-crossed lovers against an unfamiliar backdrop - inter-racial conflict in our black communities.
Cast includes:
- Kwaku Ankomah
- Michelle Asant
- Kelle Bryan
- Richard Hollis
- Jocelyn Jee Esien
- Wil Johnson
- Brooke Kinsella
- Femi Oguns
- Antonia Okonma
£10 Tickets for First Week 24 June – 2 August 8pm
£10/£15 (no concs Saturdays)
Tuesday Pay What You Can
(All Offers Subject to Availability)
Arcola Theatre
27 Arcola Street
London E8 2DJ
www.arcolatheatre.com
0207 503 1645 |
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The people of Haiti,
The invasion of the Spanish and then French
The French revolution and the Haitian rebellion.
Sista Panyin will also ask the questions
- How did the revolution start?
- Who were the key players?
- What was the end result?
- What were the complexities of the revolution?
These important questions and more will be covered in this powerful
PowerPoint presentation. THIS IS ONE EVENT THAT SHOULD NOT TO BE MISSED!
The presentation will take place on WEDNESDAY 2nd JULY 2008 at the PCS
LEARNING CENTRE, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH
(Next to the Queen Mothers Sport Centre). Nearest Train/Tube Station:
Victoria. (Click here for map) The event will start at 7pm sharp!!!
There will be an entry fee of £4. Places for this presentation are
limited. ONLY 50 PLACES AVAILABLE, so if you are interested in
attending please reply as soon as possible to reserve your place.
Places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis, so don't
delay.
Mark and Charmaine Simpson
Black History Studies
Educating the community to educate themselves
http://www.blackhistorystudies.com
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Prestige Unity Comedy Challenge |
All Comedy Lovers.
Tharmm Equest Limited are putting on a special comedy night on Saturday 26th July at Catford Broadway Theatre a show called: Prestige Unity Comedy Challenge featuring:-Jamaican comedians v Nigerian comedians.
This night will be a pure love comedy night with the best of Jamaica comedy and Nigeria comedy. The show has been booked. Two Jamaican comedians have been booked. waiting for confirmation of the Two Nigerian comedians.
So on the night, bring out your colours, flags, T-Shirts, Whistles and come and enjoy a pure Love Night featuring Jamaica v Nigeria Comedy. Winning team on the night will receive the Prestige Unity Comedy Trophy.
More detailed information will be sent out within the next two weeks. Pass this on, because this night is about PURE LOVE between two Comedy Nations. :-)
For more information contact Tharmm Equest on 07852 568 651 |
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The story of Dido Bell and Lord Mansfield |
Saturday, 23rd August, 2008 – to mark the International Day of
Commemoration of the Slave Trade and Abolition, there will be free “in
focus” talks led by staff, lasting 20 minutes, on the story of Dido
Bell and Lord Mansfield at Kenwood House, Hampstead
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.12783 |
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