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Black History is longer than a month..
Royal African Opera. Carnival Origins
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 | | Racist Riots of 1958 in Notting Hill, London, England. August, groups of young white people ran the streets shouting 'Lets lynch the blacks! lets burn the blacks!' On hearing those words Baron Baker (Jamaican and ex RAF veteran) said to his self defence committee 'Start bomb them!' and that's when the molotov cocktails (petrol bombs) began to fly. Black men came in convoys from Brixton and other areas every night, to defend their community and put a stop to the organised racist attacks that had been the norm up to that time. The following year, as an antidote to racism and to promote African/ Caribbean art and culture, Claudia Jones established the first Carnival in Britain |
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The Trustees of Centerprise are inviting you to a public meeting to discuss ways of preventing Hackney Council from carrying out this eviction, then selling the premises. Please come along on Wednesday, 29th August 2012 at 7.30pm to: Centerprise, 136-138 Kingsland High Street, Dalston, London E8 2NS - and support our cause. Centerprise has been a centre for black history and culture for over 20 years. To sign our on-line petition, please go: http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/savecenterprisePlease spread the word. For further information please contact: Emmanuel Amevor on 020 7254 9632;
director@centerprise.org.uk or visit: www.centerprisetrust.org.uk |
 | | Apartheid, a sample: 6 people talk about what it was really like, including a white soldier who had a religious experience while helping an injured ANC soldier by cutting his throat |
Last Free Wednesday Event in August
Black Women and the Apartheid Uprisings Wed 29th August 2012: 6.30-8.45pm Room T11-03
The recent anniversary of the Soweto Uprisings (June 16 1976) passed unnoticed in most white media. Black Women played a crucial part in South Africas liberation from Apartheid but like many women freedom fighters in Africa, their role has been under-reported and under-valued.This presentation, hosted by Dr June Bam-Huchison, will explain the role of African and so-called 'coloured' women in the struggle since the 1950's to 1976. In particular we will cover..
- Methods of resistance: Not just the gun
- Beauty as a form of oppression: The role of the dentist
- Methods of oppression: birth control and experimentation
- Male female relationships: How does a couple involved in resistance work survive ?
- Life in prison for men, and what it means for women
- The role of female sex workers in the struggle
- Love and Liberation music
Sponsored by Black History Walks and Dr Michelle Asantewa. All events take place at London Metropolitan University (Tower Building) 166-220 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB Tube: Holloway Road m.asantewa@londonmet.ac.uk or michelleyaa@yahoo.com NB: Important to register for the screenings www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk |
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PUMZI trailer. Science fiction set in Kenya with an African female heroine. One of many classic and unusual films at the Royal Opera House |
Deloitte Ignite 2012: Africa Weekend
31 Aug - 2 Sep
Royal Opera House
Africa Weekend is curated by critically acclaimed artist,Yinka Shonibare, MBE, most recently famed for his Nelson's Ship in a Bottle for the Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth. His vision for Deloitte Ignite 2012,Africa Weekend, is a celebration of traditional African and avant-garde arts and culture, expressing Africa's global contribution to the contemporary arts world. This inclusive weekend will feature cinema, visual arts, music and a club night, and will engage all the senses from drumming, to dance workshops, to storytelling and food from different parts of the African continent. The two day series of free open-air films in the Piazza includes Pumzi, The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun, Silences of the Palace, Mwanza the Great, Yeleen, Nora, The Screaming Man etc. More info here http://www.roh.org.uk/about/deloitte-ignite
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If this type of image is missing from your big or small screen be sure to check out our walks, talks and films
- Next Walks
- St Pauls Walk Sat 8th September 2pm
- Elephant & Castle Walk Sat 8th September 11am
- Secrets of Soho Walk Sun 9th September 3pm
- Trafalgar Square Sun 9th September 12pm
- Notting Hill Sunday 16th September 12pm
Black History Walks listed Top Ten best guided walks in London by The Guardian...click here find out more about the walks www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
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| Otelo Burning trailer: South African surfing/political drama. One of 40 great films at this years I Will Tell |
'I Will Tell' Film Festival 30 August to 9 September
Sponsored by Black History Walks
40 films over 11 days and nights, Director Q&As, Post-screening discussions, Seminars and Workshops all at the Coronet Cinema Notting Hill, London
Includes: General Butt Naked, Red Tails, Africa United and more. There are too many to list here but check the website for films and times www.iwilltell.com |
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Watch from Home Series
Sometimes people really want to attend an event but due to childcare, work, illness, location or transport cant make it and have to wait months for a repeat, if there is a repeat. Here's a solution..Watch from Home. Every issue of this newsletter will feature at least one event that can be viewed via your computer. You will miss out on the networking, Q and A, and fun of being at the actual event but at least you will get to share the information. Any questions can be posted on the Facebook page. There are three Watch From Home events in this issue. They vary in length from 20 mins to an hour and half and can be viewed from your phone or when doing the ironing
This film was made by a man who took the word of God ser...
iously and was forced to resign from his well paid coaching job after confronting his Catholic University for taking Nike money that was built on unthinkable exploitation. |
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Watch From Home Series (57min) |
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Who Polices The Police ? Sean Rigg is one of many black men to die in police custody in England. This 57 minute film by Ken Fero explores the inconsistencies of what the police said happened, their denial/withholding of evidence and the incompetence of the Independent Police Complaints Commission which is supposed to hold the police accountable. |
Conspiracy Theories that turned out to be true 7/25. Black Deaths in the Custody of White Police Officers (England)
This 25 part series highlights theories that were prevalent in the black community but dismissed as fantastic nonsense and paranoia by the white community . For previous newsletters on..
Apartheid South Africas' biological warfare on blacks programme click here Racist birth control on black women in Israel click here.
There has long been a local belief that black men can be injured, disabled and even killed in the hands of British police and that the police officers responsible will escape justice. In 1971 two police officers, Inspector Ellerker and Sargeant Kitching, were found guilty in the 1969 death of David Oluwale. They had racially abused him, beaten him up, urinated on him and thrown him in a river . That was the last time police officers have gone to prison for a black death in custody. More recent examples of black death in custody are so incredible they are hard to believe when written. In 1998 Christopher Alder died on the floor of a police station half naked, with his trousers around his ankles, while several officers stood around laughing. Chimpanzee noises can be heard in the background of the CCTV video. After his death the officers involved destroyed Christopher clothes, dry cleaned their own clothes and wiped down the van he was travelling in. No officer was convicted of any crime. Years later it was found that Christophers body had been swapped with that of an old woman and the family had buried the old woman's body thinking it was Christopher. If a white tourist had died in Jamaican police custody half naked, with his trousers around his ankles, while black police officers stood around laughing and those officers later destroyed evidence and interfered with the crime scene is it possible that none of them would have gone to prison ? What would the British press say if this had happened in Nigeria ? While Brazil, Jamaica and Nigeria are regularly criticised by Europeans there is far less condemnation of what happens in their own backyards.
Rather than written words, here are two videos, one short clip which explains some of what happened to Christopher Alder and a ninety minute documentary directed by Ken Fero looking at the history of black deaths in police custody. When this film came out the police threatened several cinemas with legal action if it was shown which led to cinemas pulling the film at the last minute in similar fashion to the Spook Who Sat By The Door |
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Watch From Home (1hr 38mins)
Injustice: An expose of black deaths in police custody from 1969 to 1999 |
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 Competition Corner
Win two tickets to one of the I Will Tell events. In what year was Rodney King almost beaten to death by Los Angeles police officers. In what year did Abner Louima have a plunger rammed into his anus by New York police officers and in what year was Sandro do Nascimento shot dead after he was arrested alive by Brazilian police on bus 174 ?
Send answers to info@blackhistorywalks.co.uk
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 | | Better Mus Come trailer. Sold out Jamaican cinemas for 6 weeks |
Saturday, Sunday, Monday 1st, 2nd,3rd September
Caribbean Cinema at BFI a three day, 10 film festival !!!
Part of African Odyyseys at the BFI
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Road, SE1
Tube: Waterloo (5 mins walk)
Entry �5.00 www.bfi.org.uk
Better Mus Come. Saturday 1 September 6pm
Gang war erupts on the streets of Kingston in the 1970s, stirred up by an unholy alliance between politicians and ghetto dons, in this explosive new debut feature that rips the lid off a culture of violence that continues to this day.
Jamaica We Love You. Sunday 2 September 4pm
Eight different directors, set in the single location of Jamaica. We hope that the films - Coast by Nile Salter, Missed by Michelle Serieux, Sunday by Kyle Chin, My Vote by Joel Burke, Parish Bull by Ras Tingle, Land of My Birth by Desmond Young, No Time by Marlon James and The Two of You by Storm Saulter - will be presented by producer Michelle Serieux, who will discuss the ambitions and achievements of New Caribbean Cinema
Reggae (Horace Ove ). Monday 3 September 2pm
The first feature-length film financed by Black people in Britain (funded by record producer Junior Lincoln), successful in cinemas and shown by the BBC. Focusing on a reggae festival held at Wembley Stadium in 1970 - featuring the Pyramids, the Pioneers, Black Faith, Millie, the Maytals and Desmond Dekker - and incorporating interviews with DJ Mike Raven and producer Graham Goodall reviewing the history and development of reggae, it includes concert footage and news reportage.This event is free to over-60s; otherwise tickets available at normal matinee price of five pounds |
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Calypso Dreams
Saturday 1 Sept 2 -5pm
www.bfi.org.uk
Part of African Oddysseys
Calypso Dreams chronicles the art and artists of calypso and celebrates the 50th anniversary of independence for Trinidad & Tobago. Like reggae, salsa, zouk and steelband, calypso is the music of the Caribbean. In T&T, calypsonians are the voice of the people, following in the griot tradition of West Africa and giving voice to the dispossessed. The struggles during slavery, colonialism and beyond are given extra power by the biting observational satire of calypso. Featuring Harry Belafonte and such stars as The Mighty Sparrow, Singing Sandra and Black Stalin, the film features narration from Chalkdust. It will be presented by Michael La Rose, author and cultural activist |
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Coming Soon..!!
- The Black Female Body in White Male Literature 26 September
- Dr Lez Henry Book Launch and Workshop 27 September
- Andrew Muhammad presents the Michael Jackson story on Friday 21st and Sept 28 7pm
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