Podcasts about Black Cultural Archives

The ‘Family Ties: Adamah Papers' exhibition at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, London is a collection of letters, documents and old newspapers belonging to an Ewe Fia (king). These papers are significant because they are thought to be the first of their kind in Britain (and maybe the world) to document Ghana's Ewe community in such a manner.Charles tells us more.Read the full story here:https://msbwrites.co.uk/2018/06/25/an-archive-of-ghanas-past-on-paper-the-adamah-papers/MisBeee Writes delivers audio and visual content on people of African origin and provides content to AKADi Magazine. The channel is complemented by two blogsite http://misbeee.blogspot.co.uk and https://msbwrites.co.uk and supports digital magazine www.akadimagazine.co.uk with audio-visual content.And join our Podcast Club to access exclusive and early release content and discounts here: https://ko-fi.com/akadimagazineThe music in this episode is made exclusively for AKADi Magazine by Kyekyeku and the Superopongstarz and is called 'Life No Dey Easy'.AKADi Magazine is a digital publication connecting Ghanaians in Ghana and the Diaspora, visit us at www.akadimagazine.com and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

We visit a London neighborhood that's the epicenter of Caribbean culture and a place that aims to be the home for Black British history. Learn more about the Black Cultural Archives here.

Brixton's Brilliant Black British History exhibition at Black Cultural Archives, south London, is rewriting our history to suit their agenda. Visitors are informed that “the very first Britons were Black” and that “Britain was black for 7,000 years before” white people arrived. The exhibit was based on a book which claims Stonehemge was built by black people! Also, In 2021 a paper titled Diversity aboard a Tudor warship by Scorrer et al claimed the crew of the 16th century Mary Rose ship included black peoiple. I wil debunk these claims in this podcast and answer questions from the live audience. Opening theme by Wolcensmen. Outro music Sanguine fire by Elegiac.Please support this podcast. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejive All Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

CW: This episode includes references to harmful online contentLee Chambers has faced a fair few challenges in life; navigating a world designed for neurotypicals, coping with autistic burnout, and losing the ability to walk overnight. But that didn't stop Lee from achieving recognition as one of the UK's top entrepreneurs and becoming a highly respected business psychologist, securing his place in history in the Black Cultural Archives.In this conversation with Ben, Lee discusses the challenges he's confronted as a black autistic man, highlighting the importance of resilience, drive, and a healthy dose of naive optimism.WATCH the full episode at www.youtube.com/@hidden20podcast___________ On "The Hidden 20%," host Ben Branson chats with neurodivergent [ADHD, Autism, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Tourette's etc.] creatives, entrepreneurs, and experts to see how great minds.. think differently. Host: Ben BransonProducer: Bella NealeVideo Editors: James Scriven & Karis PearsonSocial Media Manager: Charlie YoungMusic: Jackson GreenbergBrought to you by charity Prism ND #1203348 ___________ Follow & subscribe… Website: www.hidden20.orgInstagram / TikTok / Youtube: @Hidden20podcastBen Branson @seedlip_benLee Chambers @maleallyshipIf you'd like to support the charity, you can donate and receive a green dot badge at https://hidden20.org/links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lee Chambers is a British psychologist, entrepreneur, male ally and speaker. He is the founder of PhenomGames and Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing. Chambers was inducted as a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in 2023. He has been interviewed by Vogue, The Guardian and Newsweek, and is known for analyzing the psychological aspects of the workplaces, wellbeing and intersectionality. He is one of the UK's leading voices on male allyship and gender equity. He was named as a Marie Claire Future Shaper 2022, alongside Harry Styles and Tom Daley, and was inducted into the Black Cultural Archives in 2022 for services to Business and Health. He is trusted by publications such as Medical News Today, the BBC and Healthline, and recently featured as an expert in IKEA's docuseries, “It won't feel like home, ‘til it feels like you.” Lee won the Professional Service Startup of the Year at the National Startup Awards, and has also been awarded the Service Entrepreneur of the Year at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. He was named as an Exceptional Entrepreneur by the Startups 100 Index and a Man for Gender Balance at the Rising Star Awards. Based in the North West, and working globally, he is passionate about conscious leadership, equality of health opportunity and menopause awareness.   In this episode Alicia and Lee discuss: How he founded, built and sold a business before 30  Life challenges and successes as a autistic adult  Understanding the strengths of autism The idea that everyone is on the spectrum  The reality of having an autistic black son Late Neurodiverse diagnosis - the importance of being diagnosed  What motivated him to be a wellbeing consultant  See more about Lee here - https://leechambers.org/

Liminal prose and cryptic hotlines. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures navigating our relationship and imaginations to history collecting. The Flight of Sankofa Produced by Weyland Mckenzie-Witter Featuring Lisa Anderson, the Director of the Black Cultural Archives, Dr Etienne Jospeh of Decolonising the Archive and Christopher West the inaugural curator for the Black diaspora, John Hay Library, Brown University, who recently curated an exhibition using Brown University's Mumia Abu-Jamal collection. Xenoglossia Produced by Kamikaze Jones Fish & Chips (best listened to with headphones) Produced by Abira Hussein and Olani Ewunnet Recorded with Sue Bowerman Featuring the voices of Somali Aunties from London Special thanks to Alan Archer-Boyd, and Whose Knowledge? Produced by Axel Kacoutié Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Lisa Anderson, of the Black Cultural Archives, on the work of collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent. (2/3)

Last week, I hit up a couple of exhibitions in London. One of which was "The Ascension Years" in the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton which highlighted the work of Photographer Tee Max. The exhibition covers his Hip-Hop work right on the precipice of Hip-Hop's 2nd boom in the mid 90s and features the likes of Nas, OutKast, Busta Rhymes, Da Brat, Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé and more. After a riveting conversation with him during my visit to the exhibition, I said "I need you on my Pod!" and here we are. I talk to Tee Max about his beginnings, how women's magazines ignited his interest in photography; the challenges of Film Photography; his experiences as a Black & British photographer in the 90s; why he took a decade-plus long break from Photography and, of course, his Top 5. Tee Max PhotographyThank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?"Rate & ReviewE-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.comTwitter: @The5thElementUKWebsite: https://medium.com/@the5thelementIntro Music - "Baxter" By Brock BerriganInterlude - Thoughts By Kupla ChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:Diggin' In The Digits5EPN RadioBlack Women Watch...In Search of SauceThe Beauty Of Independence

It's time to hit Southside for an event I have been looking forward to all week. Straight down on the Victorian line and you head out on one of the most lively multicultural and down to earth areas in London Brixton (the ole capital of West Indian culture) introduces itself as soon as you head out of the station and walk up the stairs. Bubbling and buzzing your greeted with a no nonsense attitude which I love. So I stride forward to the main event. An all day festival celebrating Fifty years of HipHop, opened to everyone at the Black Cultural Archives at Windrush Square. I get interviews for Brixtonians : Dave & Sophie, Ben, louie & Leroy from Lionvibe reggae shop. After I run down to Shepherds Bush to catch up with Sham (Hot Banana sounds) to see what his plans are for Carnival, also drop a little mix to cheer a man up!!

Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I'm fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana) photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) and studio photography (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_photography), Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ghana#Independent_Ghana), and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_photography) to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousmane_Semb%C3%A8ne) was to Senegal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal) and African cinema." Barnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Oforiatta-Ayim), who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cultural_Archives) (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photojournalism) and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington_Place), London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa). His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autograph_ABP) during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Lottery_Fund) and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography. Barnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Photo) 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Netherlands), the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Busby) with Francis Hodgson. I'm honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim. Where to find James? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-barnor-42569b11/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/james_barnor_archives/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/james.barnor/) In the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/arts/james-barnor-dia-ghana.html) What's Uncle Jim watching? America's Got Talent (https://www.youtube.com/user/americasgottalent) Britain's Got Talent (https://www.youtube.com/@BGT) Other topics of interest: About Two Coronations (https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/birth-of-tv/two-coronations/) Accra earthquake 1939 (https://www.nature.com/articles/147751a0) A brief history of housing in Ghana (https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/A-brief-history-of-housing-in-Ghana-117756) 1942 Shipwreck (https://www.science.org/content/article/germans-torpedoed-ship-during-world-war-ii-wreck-now-revealing-secrets-about-underwater) What is Akpeteshie? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akpeteshie) On Kodak's Baby Brownie Camera (https://www.fi.edu/en/kodak-brownie-camera#:~:text=Eastman%20Kodak%20introduced%20the%20new,by%20a%20major%20advertising%20campaign) Other Kodak cameras (https://thedarkroom.com/resurrect-old-620-film-cameras-with-120-film/) Ghana's Daily Graphic (https://corporate.graphic.com.gh/about-us/our-history.html) Letterpress vs the Next-generation Press (https://hellolovely.design/top-tip/2022/3/26/letterpress-an-endangered-and-at-risk-craft) Ghana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Ankrah) About British Accra and the Seaview Hotel (http://www.ghanadot.com/Review.amarteifio.jamestownaccra.111015.htm) Krobo Edusei (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krobo_Edusei) World University Service - Canada (https://wusc.ca/) Drum Magazine (http://www.robertnewman.com/1950s-covers-of-south-africas-drum-africas-leading-magazine/#:~:text=Drum%20was%20a%20South%20African,anti%2Dapartheid%20protests%20and%20events) Achimota School (https://www.achimota.edu.gh/) Medway College of Arts - Kent (https://www.wearemedway.co.uk/learn/university-of-creative-arts/) Oko Kolamashie (https://www.facebook.com/FlyToGhana/photos/a.1201015243436520/1867644386773599/?type=3) Special Guest: James Barnor.

Holding up the Ladder Salon Series IThis episode is in collaboration with Black British Art, an arts platform that focuses on championing, educating, curating and advising on all that is Black British Art. Its founder Lisa Anderson-Diffang, a curator, consultant and Interim Managing Director of The Black Cultural Archives* chairs the discussion asking the question - ‘Are we having a Black British Art Renaissance?'. Our panellists were: Bolanle Tajudeen - founder of Black Blossoms – an expanded curatorial platform showcasing contemporary Black women and non-binary artists since 2015. In 2020 Bolanle launched the Black Blossoms School of Art and Culture, an online learning platform decolonizing art education. Bernice Mulenga is a London based multidisciplinary artist, who prioritises the use of analog processes in their work. Mulenga's work also explores recurring themes surrounding their identity, sexuality, grief, family, and Congolese culture. And Dr Kimathi Donkor, Kimathi is a contemporary artist. His work re-imagines mythic, legendary and everyday encounters across Africa and its global Diasporas, principally in painting. Dr Donkor earned his PhD at Chelsea College of Arts and he is currently Course Leader for the BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art: Painting at Camberwell College of Arts. On the night we were served a bespoke menu consistent with the Black British Art theme prepared by The Future Plate, the chef was William Chilila.The episode was produced and recorded by AiAi studios*Lisa Anderson is now Managing Director of the Black Cultural ArchivesTitle: 'Are we having a Black British Art Renaissance?'LINKS:PanellistsBolanle Tajudeen: https://www.black-blossoms.online/; IG - @blackblossoms.onlineBernice Mulenga: https://www.bernicemulenga.com/; IG - @burneece Dr Kimathi Donkor: https://www.kimathidonkor.net/; IG - @kimathi.donkorChairLisa Anderson-Diffang: IG - @lisaandersonaaBlack British Art: IG - @blackbritishartBlack Cultural Archives: https://blackculturalarchives.org/FoodThe Future Plate - https://www.thefutureplate.com/ William Chilila: IG - @william_chililaSalon Series I Playlist - https://tinyurl.com/5mf5n6snFor images of the event head to the podcast website - https://www.holdinguptheladder.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I'm fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana) photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) and studio photography (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_photography), Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ghana#Independent_Ghana), and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_photography) to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousmane_Semb%C3%A8ne) was to Senegal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal) and African cinema." Barnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Oforiatta-Ayim), who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cultural_Archives) (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photojournalism) and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington_Place), London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa). His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autograph_ABP) during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Lottery_Fund) and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography. Barnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Photo) 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Netherlands), the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Busby) with Francis Hodgson. I'm honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim. Where to find James? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-barnor-42569b11/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/james_barnor_archives/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/james.barnor/) In the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/arts/james-barnor-dia-ghana.html) What's Uncle Jim watching? America's Got Talent (https://www.youtube.com/user/americasgottalent) Britain's Got Talent (https://www.youtube.com/@BGT) Other topics of interest: About Two Coronations (https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/birth-of-tv/two-coronations/) Accra earthquake 1939 (https://www.nature.com/articles/147751a0) A brief history of housing in Ghana (https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/A-brief-history-of-housing-in-Ghana-117756) 1942 Shipwreck (https://www.science.org/content/article/germans-torpedoed-ship-during-world-war-ii-wreck-now-revealing-secrets-about-underwater) What is Akpeteshie? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akpeteshie) On Kodak's Baby Brownie Camera (https://www.fi.edu/en/kodak-brownie-camera#:~:text=Eastman%20Kodak%20introduced%20the%20new,by%20a%20major%20advertising%20campaign) Other Kodak cameras (https://thedarkroom.com/resurrect-old-620-film-cameras-with-120-film/) Ghana's Daily Graphic (https://corporate.graphic.com.gh/about-us/our-history.html) Letterpress vs the Next-generation Press (https://hellolovely.design/top-tip/2022/3/26/letterpress-an-endangered-and-at-risk-craft) Ghana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Ankrah) About British Accra and the Seaview Hotel (http://www.ghanadot.com/Review.amarteifio.jamestownaccra.111015.htm) Krobo Edusei (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krobo_Edusei) World University Service - Canada (https://wusc.ca/) Drum Magazine (http://www.robertnewman.com/1950s-covers-of-south-africas-drum-africas-leading-magazine/#:~:text=Drum%20was%20a%20South%20African,anti%2Dapartheid%20protests%20and%20events) Achimota School (https://www.achimota.edu.gh/) Medway College of Arts - Kent (https://www.wearemedway.co.uk/learn/university-of-creative-arts/) Oko Kolamashie (https://www.facebook.com/FlyToGhana/photos/a.1201015243436520/1867644386773599/?type=3) Special Guest: James Barnor.

Personal stories from the Windrush generation about their memories of coming to the UK and what the 75th anniversary means to them. Plus, Patrick Vernon OBE, culture historian, social commentator and campaigner, whose parents are part of the Windrush generation. He explains why the anniversary is bittersweet, what still needs to be done in relation to the scandal, and his campaign to have the Windrush anchor turned into a memorial.Special thanks to the Museum of London, Black Cultural Archives and Circa. You can read more personal stories from the Windrush generation in ES magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I'm fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana) photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) and studio photography (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_photography), Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ghana#Independent_Ghana), and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_photography) to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousmane_Semb%C3%A8ne) was to Senegal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal) and African cinema." Barnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Oforiatta-Ayim), who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cultural_Archives) (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photojournalism) and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington_Place), London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa). His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autograph_ABP) during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Lottery_Fund) and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography. Barnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Photo) 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Netherlands), the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Busby) with Francis Hodgson. I'm honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim. Where to find James? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-barnor-42569b11/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/james_barnor_archives/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/james.barnor/) In the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/arts/james-barnor-dia-ghana.html) What's Uncle Jim watching? America's Got Talent (https://www.youtube.com/user/americasgottalent) Britain's Got Talent (https://www.youtube.com/@BGT) Other topics of interest: About Two Coronations (https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/birth-of-tv/two-coronations/) Accra earthquake 1939 (https://www.nature.com/articles/147751a0) A brief history of housing in Ghana (https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/A-brief-history-of-housing-in-Ghana-117756) 1942 Shipwreck (https://www.science.org/content/article/germans-torpedoed-ship-during-world-war-ii-wreck-now-revealing-secrets-about-underwater) What is Akpeteshie? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akpeteshie) On Kodak's Baby Brownie Camera (https://www.fi.edu/en/kodak-brownie-camera#:~:text=Eastman%20Kodak%20introduced%20the%20new,by%20a%20major%20advertising%20campaign) Other Kodak cameras (https://thedarkroom.com/resurrect-old-620-film-cameras-with-120-film/) Ghana's Daily Graphic (https://corporate.graphic.com.gh/about-us/our-history.html) Letterpress vs the Next-generation Press (https://hellolovely.design/top-tip/2022/3/26/letterpress-an-endangered-and-at-risk-craft) Ghana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Ankrah) About British Accra and the Seaview Hotel (http://www.ghanadot.com/Review.amarteifio.jamestownaccra.111015.htm) Krobo Edusei (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krobo_Edusei) World University Service - Canada (https://wusc.ca/) Drum Magazine (http://www.robertnewman.com/1950s-covers-of-south-africas-drum-africas-leading-magazine/#:~:text=Drum%20was%20a%20South%20African,anti%2Dapartheid%20protests%20and%20events) Achimota School (https://www.achimota.edu.gh/) Medway College of Arts - Kent (https://www.wearemedway.co.uk/learn/university-of-creative-arts/) Oko Kolamashie (https://www.facebook.com/FlyToGhana/photos/a.1201015243436520/1867644386773599/?type=3) Special Guest: James Barnor.

For this episode we were joined by Delores Oblitey,  Founder of Delores By Delores!One thing about Delores, if she puts her mind to something, she's going to do it, whatever it takes! And in hearing her story in this episode you'll understand exactly why.Growing up in a traditional Ghanaian household,  Delores was destined for a career in law despite being aware of her fashion talent and passion. In the lead up to her first year at university Delores made a decision that would alter the course of her life.

The African American inventor Lewis Latimer who lived in South London and worked with Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison on developing light bulbs; Benjamin Franklin was one of the founders of the United States of America but what was he doing pouring oil on Derwent Water in the Lake District? How did theatrical department store demonstrations help sell Kenwood Chefs ? And Ganzflicker - the online experiment that depending on your neural pathways might make you see animals, fairies, and monsters – or nothing at all. Catherine Fletcher meets the academics whose research was showcased as part of the annual Being Human Festival of the Humanities which puts on a series of public events linked to universities across the UK. Her guests are cultural historian Christopher Donaldson from Lancaster University, design historian Alice Naylor from the University of Portsmouth and the British Science Museum, Ayshah Johnston from the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton and the University of Surrey, and cognitive neuroscientist Reshanne Reeder from Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. Benjamin Franklin's Scientific Adventures in the English Lakes Putting on a Show with the Kenwood Chef at The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre in Havant A Lightbulb Idea: Lewis Latimer's Scientific Breakthroughs at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton Ganzflicker: art, science, and psychedelic experience at The Atkinson in Southport Producer in Salford: Ruth Thomson This New Thinking episode of the Arts and Ideas podcast was made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI You can find a host of conversations showcasing New Research in a collection on the Free Thinking programme website and available to download as Arts & Ideas podcasts https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zws90 This includes information about research showcased in previous Being Human festivals available to listen or download Lost Words and Language https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00013xg Death Rituals https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001419 Buses Beer and VR https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00014qk Covid comics and codes in Dickens https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011d1v

In March 2022, the Black Cultural Archives will be launching the Melba Wilson Collection, as part of their project to catalogue Melba Wilson's papers. The collection spans over 40 years of her work in national and regional mental health programmes, policy units and services, including grassroots and community activism alongside formal policy work and leadership. DTA spent some time with Melba to discuss her work and the importance of it being archived as a resource for now and tomorrow.

Archives are fundamental in transforming our relationship to where we are now and how we got here' Honoured to have Collections Assistant Rhoda Boateng on this week's Community Spotlight. Rhoda has been doing amazing work caring for the collections at the Black Cultural Archives. There are very few archivists of African heritage in the UK - it's vital we celebrate us so we can grow.

There are over 900 years of immigration records available for research here at The National Archives. Over the next three episodes, we're exploring the rich history of migration in the 20th century.  In 1962, the Commonwealth Immigrants Act limited the freedom of movement for citizens born outside of the UK. In our final episode, we explore the rise of anti-immigrant movements during the 1960s. We then look at anti-racist activism and the formation of the Black Cultural Archives. For a transcript and information about the documents used in this episode visit our show notes. Listeners, we need your help to make this podcast better! We need to know a bit more about you and what themes you're interested in. Visit: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ontherecord/

Farhana Shaikh is a writer and publisher born in Leicester. She is the editor of The Asian Writer and also manages the small independent press, Dahlia Publishing. In 2017, she won the inaugural Travelex / Penguin Next Great Travel Writer Competition and a year later, was long-listed for the 2018 Spread the Word Life Writing Prize. She can be found on Twitter talking about books and publishing @farhanashaikh. The partner Renaissance OneRenaissance One is an independent arts company based in the UK that produces, curates and galvanises literature. We promote high-quality literature of all kinds. We highlight global voices in contemporary Britain, and the diverse arts and cultures that its writers, artists and communities produce. Our name is inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and the importance of rebirth and renewal. Since 1999, we have worked with leading and emerging voices including Bernardine Evaristo, Paul Beatty, Ali Smith, Gary Younge, Kerry Young, Caryl Philips, Shivanee Ramlochan, Kei Miller and the late Amiri Baraka. Through productions, creative business models, mentoring and artistic success as an organisation led by people of colour, we push for greater diversity in the arts, and shape education programmes to inspire communities.  About moderator Melanie AbrahamsMelanie Abrahams Hon FRSL FRSA is a producer, arts curator, visiting lecturer, and mentor who has channeled a love of words and books into initiatives. Melanie has over 18 years' experience in producing and curating, and her practice steers a focus on narratives of race, class, mixed-race identities and intersectionality. Of Trinidadian and Jamaican heritage, she has instigated and curated many events, exhibitions and festivals on the Caribbean including Caribbeanfest at the British Library and a Cultural Village festival with Dominique Le Gendre for the Trinidad and Tobago High Commission as part of the Olympics' cultural programme. Melanie has collaborated with organizations including V&A (Jamdown Meets Liming), Chris Ofili and Victoria Miro Gallery (Freedom One Day), Paradiso Amsterdam (Urban Love), Museum of Modern Art Finland (Modern Love), Black Cultural Archives and Nottingham Contemporary and The Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R), (Unspeakable Things Unspoken) www.melanieabrahams.co.ukMusic: Luminance by Ghostrifter Officialhttps://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-officialCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/_luminanceMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/EUp6JHXTcxk

Arike Oke is currently the Managing Director of the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, which is known as the leading institutional voice on the Windrush Generation and the home of Black British history.Independent curator, writer and researcher Pelumi Odubanjo joins Arike Oke for a discussion about how their work with archival materials creates spaces to heal, discover new stories and find other ways of living and possibilities for making art.The pair talk to Lucy Cowling from the Roberts Institute of Art about the importance of knowledge transmission between generations and community building within Black British cultures. NOTESAt 7 min 51 sec Arike Oke refers to the Jamaican/Scottish nurse Mary Seacole as looking after troops in the Boer War, this should be the Crimean War.  MORE INFOThis episode is part of our ‘On Togetherness' podcast mini-series, where we invite conversations between artists and practitioners in the cultural field, exploring collaboration and how to be together in all its forms. Find previous conversations between acclaimed photographer Hrair Sarkissian and curator Michaela Crimmin, plus academics Matthew Spellberg and Richard Sommer. Arike Oke is Managing Director for the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton. Arike has worked in cultural heritage for over 15 years, from the seminal Connecting Histories project in Birmingham, to building Wellcome Collection's archive, and co-convening Hull's first Black History Month. She is also a writer of short stories, which you can find on arikewrites.com.Pelumi Odubanjo works as an independent curator, writer and researcher interested in diasporic black vernacular culture and image making, informed by decolonialism and black feminism. Pelumi works with artists, archives, and cultural artefacts to explore historical and contemporary links between the intersectionality of women, migration, and identity. as means to disentangle our understandings of archival practice. She was Curator in Residence at the Black Cultural Archives in 2020.Have questions, comments or want to see more of what the Roberts Institute of Art does? Reach us via therobertsinstituteofart.com, @therobertsinstituteofart and subscribe to our newsletter!

Rochelle Saunders is a cultural producer, curator and project manager with over 10 years of work experience that covers the arts, education, and community leadership. With particular expertise in literature, her work has focused on projects in national and international contexts. A graduate politics student from SOAS, she recently completed a master's degree at The University of Arts London, in Arts and Cultural Enterprise, where she held an academic interest in sustainable and transformative social change frameworks.She has worked as a creative producer at Renaissance One and Tilt live literature and spoken word organizations that primarily support underrepresented writers. In January 2020 she joined The British Council Literature team and recently became a Trustee at New Cross Gate Trust a grassroots community charity as director for education.About partner Renaissance OneRenaissance One is an independent arts company based in the UK that produces, curates and galvanises literature. We promote high-quality literature of all kinds. We highlight global voices in contemporary Britain and the diverse arts and cultures that its writers, artists and communities produce. Our name is inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and the importance of rebirth and renewal. Since 1999, we have worked with leading and emerging voices including Bernardine Evaristo, Paul Beatty, Ali Smith, Gary Younge, Kerry Young, Caryl Philips, Shivanee Ramlochan, Kei Miller and the late Amiri Baraka. Through productions, creative business models, mentoring and artistic success as an organization led by people of colour, we push for greater diversity in the arts, and shape education programmes to inspire communities.About moderator Melanie AbrahamsMelanie Abrahams Hon FRSL FRSA is a producer, arts curator, visiting lecturer, and mentor who has channeled a love of words and books into initiatives. Melanie has over 18 years' experience in producing and curating, and her practice steers a focus on narratives of race, class, mixed-race identities and intersectionality. Of Trinidadian and Jamaican heritage, she has instigated and curated many events, exhibitions and festivals on the Caribbean including Caribbeanfest at the British Library and a Cultural Village festival with Dominique Le Gendre for the Trinidad and Tobago High Commission as part of the Olympics' cultural programme. Melanie has collaborated with organizations including V&A (Jamdown Meets Liming), Chris Ofili and Victoria Miro Gallery (Freedom One Day), Paradiso Amsterdam (Urban Love), Museum of Modern Art Finland (Modern Love), Black Cultural Archives and Nottingham Contemporary and The Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R), (Unspeakable Things Unspoken) www.melanieabrahams.co.ukMusic:Luminance by Ghostrifter Officialhttps://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-officialCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/_luminanceMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/EUp6JHXTcxk

« La sororité est un choix où le pouvoir individuel abdique au profit d’une force collective bientôt prête à l’action », expliquait Chloé Delaume dans Sororité. Se réunir pour mieux combattre le patriarcat en mettant de côté nos différences de classes et de races : c’est ce que veut la sororité. D’où vient le terme de “sororité” ? Qui en fait partie ? Comment a-t-il évolué dans le temps en fonction des mouvements sociaux ? Existe-il une condition commune aux femmes, comme le défend la poétesse Robin Morgan ? Clémentine Gallot et Emeline Amétis nous éclairent sur cette notion pour plus de sororité.Les références entendues dans l’épisode : Chloé Delaume, Sororité, Points Féminismes (2021)Chloé Delaume, Mes bien chères soeurs, Fiction & Cien (2019)Laurent Filippi, “Les femmes, «épine dorsale» du Black Panther Party”, Franceinfo (2018)Black Cultural Archives, “The Black Women’s Movement”, OWAAD Pamphlet (1978)Robin Morgan, Sisterhood is powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement, Random House USA Inc (1970)Emilie Brouze et Rémi Noyon, “Au fait, d'où vient cette "sororité" sans cesse invoquée par Marlène Schiappa ?”, L’OBS (2018)Iona Cîrstocea, “La « sororité » à l'épreuve : pratiquer l'internationalisme féministe au lendemain de la guerre froide”, Cairn (2015)Bell Hooks, Sisterhood: Political Solidarity between Women, Sage Publications Inc (1986)Alice Coffin, Le génie lesbien, Grasset (2020)Viviane Albenga et Johanna Dagorn, “Après #MeToo : Réappropriation de la sororité et résistances pratiques d’étudiantes françaises”, Cairn (2019)Amanda Michel, “Black Sisterhood Is Helping Women Get Through This Moment in History”, Cosmopolitan (2020)Rhaina Cohen, “What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?”, The Atlantic (2020) Aminatou Sow et Ann Friedman, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close, Simon & Schuster (2020)Chloé Delaume, Le coeur synthétique, Seuil (2020)La Leçon, le podcast sur l’art d’échouer, épisode 84 - Pénélope Bagieu “Je ne ferai plus jamais passer un mec avant ma pote”, Pauline Grisoni (2021)Emma Donada et Anais Condomines, “Pourquoi le «HuffPost» a-t-il dépublié une tribune sur les femmes trans ?”, Libération (2020) Maïlis Rey-Bethbeder, “Marre de la fraternité et de la sororité ? Essayez l’adelphité”, Elle (2021)Estelle-Sarah Bulle, Là où les chiens aboient par la queue, Liana Lévi (2018)Hélène Guinhut, “Sororité à toutes les sauces : progrès ou overdose ?”, Elle (2021)La newsletter Sorocité, “Sororcité au choeur des féminismes”Le podcast Sorociné de Pauline Mallet, Amandine Dall’omo et Laura Enjovly Sois belle et tais-toi, de Delphine Seyrig (1977) Le Club des ex, de Hugh Wilson (1996)Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, de Céline Sciamma (2019)Thelma et Louise, de Ridley Scott (1991)Better things, de Louis C.K. et Pamela Adlon (2016)Notre petite soeur, de Hirokazu Kore-eda (2014)The Wild, de Steve « Spaz » Williams (2006)Sister Sister, de Fred Shafferman, Kim Bass et Gary Gilbert (1994)Charmed, d' aAron Spelling (1998)Les filles du Docteur March, de Greta Gerwig (2019)Daughters of The Dust, de Julie Dash (1991)L’album de Vitaa, Amel Bent et Camélia Jordana, « Sorore » Audre Lorde, Zami, une autre façon de dire mon nom (1982)Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider (2018)Marion Zimmer Bradley, Chroniques de Ténébreuse (1981)Mourning, march and celebration, de Claire Zaniolo (2020)La série Veneno, de Javier Ambrossi et Javier Calvo (2020)Why Are You Like This ? de Mark Samual Bonanno, Naomi Higgins, Humyara Mahbub (2020)Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes, rédaction en chef: Clémentine Gallot .Journaliste chroniqueuse: Emeline Amétis. Prise de son par Adrien Beccaria à l’Arrière Boutique. Mixage Laurie Galligani. Générique réalisé par Aurore Meyer Mahieu. Réalisation, montage et coordination Ashley Tola.

Natalie Fiawoo, Culture Curator for Black Cultural Archives and a Producer for Apples and Snakes. Natalie shares stories such as ‘Mouth Open, Jump Out’ series by Grace Hallworth, Ghanaian literature that was literally written by her great-great grandfather and the importance of making sure we tell our own stories.   Contact Natalie on: Website: nataliefiawoo.com Twitter: @NatFiawoo Music within this episode: ES_One Final Theft - Piper Ezz ES_First Sign - Mahlert Advert within this episode: Adzvice Podcast - adzvice.com Lastly, and as always, please share/rate/review the episode and get in touch via email at contact@blacticualte.com if you’d like to be featured or want to run an advert on our show. You're the best! Bx

Lex and Ace discuss the newly appointed chair of the Black Cultural Archives, Mr Ansell Wong. We take a look at the juxtaposition of the rhetoric surrounding Covid-19 and the African-Caribbean community compared to how Africa is dealing with the virus. Madam Vice-president, we discuss the historical achievement of Kamala Harris being elected as the first female Vice-president, and the mammoth task that she and Biden have in front of them.

Jass and Esther chat with Karis from the Black Cultural Archives (blackculturalarchives.org). We touch on how to diversify the workforce, break down barriers, and the ridiculous A level shenanigans. Intersectional GLAM conference tickets available: https://lglam2020.eventbrite.com Online Courses: https://intersectionalglam.org/online-courses/ Tip Jar: https://intersectionalglam.org/podcast-well-spoken-tokens/

Speakers: Martha Awojobi: Curator & Host Martha is a consultant who has worked in the charity sector for almost a decade in fundraising roles, from face to face, individual giving, to crowdfunding, digital and corporate before starting her own consultancy in June 2020. She was chosen as one of Fundraising Magazines 25 most outstanding fundraisers under 35 this year for her contribution to the fundraising sector. Martha is one of the organisers of #CharitySoWhite, a campaign that roots out racism in the charity sector and has been putting pressure on foundations to distribute emergency Covid19 funding equitably. Martha is currently curating and hosting the first BAME Fundraising Conference and has consulted with BAME fundraisers and organisations across the UK to design a programme of content that was made by BAME fundraisers for BAME fundraisers. Layal Marten   Ugo Ikokwu: Independent Consultant Ugo has over a decade experience working within the social sector. Most recently he was programme director at The Fore, where he led a team of (14) overseeing the distribution of grants into small charities, research, learning and evaluation, pro-bono and corporate partnerships. Helping to grow the organisation's grant giving budget and co-producing the first impact report to substantiate the org's approach to grant giving. Prior to that he worked for Social Investment Business (SIB) across the business development and investment team, where he was involved in deal origination, capital raising, investment and portfolio management of charities and social enterprises. He is an expert at designing programmes, and funds addressing a range of social needs. Ugo sits on several board and committees and is a director for YSYS and DINN (Both female-led enterprises seeking to address the under-representation of women in tech) Patricia Hamzahee: Founder/co-Founder After some 20 years in investment banking and financial communications, Patricia now helps social enterprises attract private capital and advises companies on their responsible investment strategies through her consultancy Integriti Capital. She is also working to diversify access to funding as co-founder of Extend Ventures. She is a Trustee of Ballet Black and Areté Network. She has been a Trustee and Chair of the Development Board of Black Cultural Archives. She is President of Friends of International House New York UK, Associate Director of The Finance Foundation, a member of Women in Social Finance and of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation.

'Archives are fundamental to transforming our relationship to where we are now and how we got here.' In this episode of Community Spotlight Rhoda Boateng (Archives Supervisor at the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton) joins us to tell us more about her journey as a memory worker at the BCA and reflect on the importance of #blackarchives and #blackhistory in the light of the 2020 turbulence we are all experiencing. This episode was first broadcast on DTA.LIVE RADIO on 18/08/20). For more essential programming exploring the Black experience across the African diaspora tune in now at: https://www.decolonisingthearchive.com/radio

We reflect on Rebecca’s MA Documenting Fashion students’ brilliant work this year and discuss the exciting virtual exhibitions ‘Jalebi’ by Ahluwalia and Laurence Ellis, and ‘"My Heart will always be in Brixton": Olive Morris’ by Linett Kamala with the Black Cultural Archives on Google Arts and Culture. See links below. Courtauld Institute of Art, MA History of Art Special Option: Documenting Fashion: Modernity, Films and Image in America and Europe, 1920-1960: https://courtauld.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ma-history-art/documenting-fashion http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/documentingfashion/ V&A, London, fashion exhibitions: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/exhibiting-fashion-victoria-and-albert-museum/5wKyuCOYoCgBIA?hl=en Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, fashion publications: https://tinyurl.com/tca9for Kwame Brathwaite: https://www.kwamebrathwaite.com/ Tanisha C. Ford: http://www.tanishacford.com/ The Grandassa Models: https://www.instagram.com/thegrandassamodels/ Ahluwalia: https://www.ahluwaliastudio.com/ Jalebi, photographed by Laurence Ellis: https://www.ahluwaliastudio.com/jalebi-shop/jalebi Laurence Ellis: https://www.laurenceellis.com/ ‘My heart will always be in Brixton’: Olive Morris - An exhibition of artwork by Linett Kamala inspired by the activism of Olive Morris, Google Arts & Culture (2020): https://artsandculture.google.com/story/XwWReH6wADe8xA Linett Kamala: https://linettkamala.com/ Black Cultural Archives: https://blackculturalarchives.org/

In Episode 8, I catch up with Arike Oke, Director of the Black Cultural Archives. Arike talks about the BCA's response to the Black Lives Matter protests, including the creation of a new Black Lives Matter digital archive. We also talk about the Stories of Black Leadership II: Breaking Barriers exhibition that was on display at BCA and which has now been made available on their website. Arike tells me about the series of online events that BCA brought together in recognition of the annual Windrush Day that is on June 22. Support The Wonder House One time cup of virtual coffee Regular donation via Patreon Presented/Produced by Sushma Jansari @TheWonderHouse Produced by Nick Harris @2ndThoughtTank  

In Episode 7, I speak to Arike Oke, Director of the Black Cultural Archives. We talk about the people-centred core values that Arike brings to her work and the resilience required to push forward a challenging agenda of change to an organisation. Support The Wonder House One time cup of virtual coffee Regular donation via Patreon Presented/Produced by Sushma Jansari @TheWonderHouse Produced by Nick Harris @2ndThoughtTank

Big Up Ruel Lactavia Spence is a short radio play/provocation addressing the (mis)treatment of Africans from the Caribbean, the so-called WIndrush Generation, on their arrival to the UK. Touching on the contemporary concerns around the danger Covid-19 poses to people of African heritage, this short piece demonstrates the clear, and sometimes troubling legacies of Windrush in the present day. Fresh Off The Boat is a series of 8 radio plays bringing Windrush legacies into sharp focus through the issues of the moment. Black theatre collective African Tales From The Hip draw on archive collections from the Black Cultural Archives and their own personal experiences to bring some crucial conversations to the table. Brought to you as part of Black Cultural Archives' Windrush programme, Fresh Off The Boat is written & directed by Connie Bell and co-produced by David Gilbert. With Thanks To ATFTH Actors: Oluchi Nwabuwa, Ricardo Bailey, Marica Cassandra, Whitney Asiegbu, Fisayo Run, Kwame Bentil, Olamide ‘Oddboy Ten’ Odubiyi, Rohan Roberts, Rose Briggs, Marlaena Herbert , Tesmond Rowe, Wesley Watson, Princess Ziah, Kharesa K Spence, Naomi Denny, Jonny Wiles.

Naomi Paxton assembles a squad of researchers to talk about dating, relationships, and what how we fall in love says about us from the National Archives to London's gay bars. Dr Cordelia Beattie from the University of Edinburgh has unearthed two new manuscripts by the 17th-century woman Mrs Alice Thornton, which put her life, loves and relationship with God in a new light. Now they’re becoming a play in collaboration with writer and performer Debbie Cannon. Dr João Florêncio is from the University of Exeter and his research on pornography, sex and dating in post-AIDS crisis gay culture is being transformed into a performance at The Glory in London. Another queer performance space, London's Royal Vauxhall Tavern, is the venue for a drag show based on research into LGBTQ+ personal ads from a 1920s magazine done by Victoria Iglikowski-Broad as part of her work at the National Archives. Professor Lucy Bland of Anglia Ruskin University has created Being Mixed Race: Stories of Britain’s Black GI Babies, an exhibition in partnership with the Black Cultural Archives, which features photography and oral histories from the children, now in their 70s. Dr Erin Maglaque of the University of Sheffield explores the meanings of dreams in the Renaissance, and the strange erotic dreamscapes of a 1499 book written by a Dominican Friar. A list of all the events at universities across the UK for the 2019 Being Human Festival can be found at their website: https://beinghumanfestival.org/ The festival runs from Nov 14th – 23rd but if you like hearing new ideas you can find our New Research playlist on the Free Thinking website, from death cafes to ghosts in Portsmouth to the London Transport lost luggage office: https://bbc.in/2n5dakT Producer: Caitlin Benedict

In this episode we talk about: Posty from East London. J Hus free. Nipsey Hussle.   If you are interested in visiting and supporting the Black Cultural Archives visiting their website: https://blackculturalarchives.org    Your thoughts on how we can improve are appreciated. Hit us up on our email, itsavibepodcast@gmail.com and the social media networks below.  Twitter: @itsavibepodcast Instagram: @itsavibepodcast   You can find Aaron on: Instagram - @aj_blast Twitter - @Aj_Blaster PSN – AJ_Blaster   You can find Steven on: Twitter - @DaMidnightSwami Instagram - @DaMidnightSwami   You can find Keiron on: Instagram – @rano_300_  

In this week's first chops, our Jen catches up with Maureen Roberts, trustee of the Black Cultural Archives to find out what's been going on with the so-called Windrush Fiasco. They talked about the impact of the Government's immigration policies, whether racism has been on the rise in a post-Brexit world, and what we can do to help those caught up in it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Event recording from 09/11/2017 While Britain was becoming the largest trafficker in human lives across the Atlantic, the Royal Navy was simultaneously the world's largest employer of free African labour. This talk seeks to establish the origins, status and significance of this workforce and how their experiences aboard ship and ashore contributed to Black revolutionary thought across the Atlantic World and to the beginnings of multi-ethnic communities across the British Isles. Speaker S. I. Martin was born in Bedford and has worked as a journalist for The Voice and Bulletin. He is the author of a novel, Incomparable World (1996), which tells the story of three black exiles living in 18th-century London; and a non-fiction title, Britain's Slave Trade (1999), published to accompany a television series screened on Channel 4.In 2007 his children's novel, Jupiter Williams, was published. It tells the tale of a boy who lives in the African Academy in Clapham, London, in 1800. His latest book is Jupiter Amidships (2009). S. I. Martin has curated archive-based exhibitions and projects for numerous organisations including the National Gallery, English Heritage, the National Maritime Museum, the Imperial War Museum, and the Black Cultural Archives amongst many others. This seminar series was hosted by the ‘Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War’, King’s College London, and organised by the British Commission for Maritime History (www.maritimehistory.org.uk) in association with the Society for Nautical Research UPCOMING EVENTS AT KING'S COLLEGE LONDON FEMALE ENGAGEMENT IN HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS All-female military units are known as Team Lioness and Female Engagement Teams (FETs). Did the British Armed Forces implement the FET model successfully in Afghanistan? 🗓Jan 17, 2018 ⏰ 6.00 PM 📍Strand Campus 👉 RSVP: bit.ly/2jwkYas KING'S ENGAGED IN AFRICA: SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT Organised by the Africa Research Group (War Studies, KCL) and the African Leadership Centre (KCL), King’s Engaged in Africa showcases the work of King’s College London researchers actively engaged in and with the African continent, and draws on perspectives from the wider African research community. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Security and Development’ broadly defined. 🗓 Jan 24-25, 2018 ⏰ All Day📍Strand Campus 👉 RSVP: http://bit.ly/2yP2WYT

As part of UNBOUND: Visions Of The Black Feminine season at BFI, THINK Cinematic's Jan Asante hosted a special #BCAFilmFest (Black Cultural Archives Film Festival) screening of BAFTA-nominated British film Second Coming, starring Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall and written by the phenomenal debbie tucker green. Joining the conversation is The British Blacklist founder Akua Gyamfi, and Poet Be Manzini of Caramel Film Club.  Take a listen as they unpack the significance of director debbie tucker green's seminal film as a rare and exceptional offering in the underrepresented canon of contemporary Black and British drama and explore why it is that nuanced British family dramas that centre Black lives and feature prominent black, and if you like, specifically dark-skinned female leads remain so few and far between? HOST - Culture Kinetica: THINK CINEMATIC is a Creative Consultancy brand founded by designer, writer, and film programmer Jan Asante. As a curator, Jan has produced #BCAFilmFest in partnership with Black Cultural Archives since 2014, and served as a consultant on the 2016 BBC series, Black Is The New Black (for Iconoclast & Pulse Films). As a film writer, Jan has contributed to BFI/British Film Institute's Black Star Compendium and has been featured in Sight & Sound Magazine, Indiewire.com, Shadow & Act and June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive. [@JanaSante |@CultureKinetica | facebook.com/CultureKinetica] AKUA GYAMFI - Journalist, scriptwriter and founder of The British Blacklist - an online portal chronicling the careers of professionals from film, television, theatre, literature & music alongside daily news updates from across the entertainment industries. [www.thebritishblacklist.co.uk | @BritBlacklist] BE MANZINI - her writing practice spans poetry, theatre, journalism and film. Residencies and commissions include Hoxton Hall, Immediate Theatre and The Southbank Centre, as well as featuring in numerous publications and more recently online at The British Blacklist. Her films have screened as part of the BFI Love Festival, Apples & Snakes, Picture House cinemas and in various festivals here and abroad. Manzini supports and screens the work of Black actors and directors through Caramel Film Club. [@BeCreates]

In GBA 291 we get better acquainted with Andrew. We talk about history, culture, politics, education, learning to understand your privilege, the history of genocide and ethnic cleansing, who Belle should have ended up with at the end of Beauty and the Beast, being conscious of language and word choices, Power Rangers, the influence of fear on cultural development, why I hate the Lego Batman movie and lots of other things. Content note: Mention of genocide, rape, slavery, war, domestic violence, suicide, child abuse, and other forms of violence, all of which are discussed within a broader analysis of history, politics and culture, with no descriptions or personal anecdotes. Andrew plugs: Conference on Visual Thinking in the Digital Humanities on May 19th at King's College: http://newperspectivesdh.com/ Sending the Black Cultural Archives £5: http://bcaheritage.tumblr.com/ I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Voting for GBA or The Family Tree for the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice Award: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/ We mention: Anita Sarkeesian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Sarkeesian Feminist Frequency: https://feministfrequency.com/ Gamergate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy Cracked: http://www.cracked.com/ Alt-Right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right Pizzagate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory Agricultural Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_revolution Matriarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy Iroquois Confederacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois Émile Durkheim - Suicide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_(book) American Graffiti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Graffiti Dazed and Confused: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazed_and_Confused_(film) Podcaster's Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571436979623574/ Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/ Beauty and the Beast Remake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film) Beauty and the Beast Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film) French Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Article comparing Gaston and the Beast: http://observer.com/2017/03/beauty-and-the-beast-why-belle-should-have-chosen-gaston/ Saint Simone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Henri_de_Rouvroy,_comte_de_Saint-Simon Lego Movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lego_Movie Lego Batman Movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lego_Batman_Movie Now You See Me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_You_See_Me_(film) Now You See Me 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_You_See_Me_2 John Hodgman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hodgman The Simpsons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons Star Wars Rogue 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_One Star Wars: The Force Awakens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens Ghostbusters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(2016_film) Ghost in the Shell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_(2017_film) Thor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_(film) Power Rangers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Rangers_(film) Toxic Masculinity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_masculinity Iron Fist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Fist_(TV_series) Steps to Tyranny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk2-ZXAWkfg Red Nose Day: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/24/africa-comic-relief Live Aid: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jun/24/g8.debtrelief Confidence of a Mediocre White Man: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/254893785/confidence-tote-bag Universal Basic Income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income Hamilton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical) Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

Institute of Commonwealth Studies What's Happening in Black British History? V Workshop Session Two: Recovering and Engaging the Public with Black British Histories Chair: Professor Philip Murphy (Director of the Institute of Commonwealth S...

Institute of Commonwealth Studies What's Happening in Black British History? V Workshop Session Two: Recovering and Engaging the Public with Black British Histories Chair: Professor Philip Murphy (Director of the Institute of Commonwealth S...

Victoria Northridge and Paul Reid from the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton talk about black Londoners, particularly from the Georgian era. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.