July 24th, 1802 – December 5th, 1870 This is a storytime about Alexandre Dumas, the author of The Three Musketeers. I was first introduced to Alexandre Dumas through Joseph Bologne. Bologne was the inspiration for the character Aramis in The…
I had been waiting to read this for a long time. Over the months we’ve been in lockdown, I’ve been buying a lot of books, but instead of reading them, I have been watching a lot of documentaries! Plus some…
Unconscious bias starts as young as when we are at a pre-school age. As kids we follow the example set and what we hear from our parents, siblings and what we see on TV. It continues to become a real…
Tonight’s latest episode of Small Axe is based on Adeptales favourite Alex Wheatle. We have reviewed a couple of his books, “Crongton Knights” and “East of Acre Lane”. Alex has never shied away from his background and used his experiences…
A lot of people embrace this time to dress up for Halloween, Sinterklass, and Christmas. A dark aspect of this is Blackface. blackface is when a non-black person darkens their skin with charcoal, shoe polish, and exaggerate their features. The…
C.L.R James – 4th January 1901 – 31st May 1989 This is a short storytime about C.L.R James, a celebrated author, historian, journalist, and activist. Cyril Lionel Robert James was born in Trinidad. After graduating from school he became a…
You don’t deserve the job just because you are black. You should get the job if you’re good enough “Throughout these debates I have online, it seems that the irony of being able to name all of the black men…
Small Axe has done a stellar job of bringing stories on Black British History to life. Directed by Award-winning Steve McQueen, the latest offering is ‘Red, White, and Blue’ This is based on the true story of Leroy Logan MBE’s…
Dr. Harold Moody was born on the 8th October 1882, in Kingston, Jamaica. Harold’s interest in medicine was sparked by his father who ran a pharmaceutical business. Seeing his father’s success inspired Harold to move to London, England in 1904…
Here is a short story about one of the first superhero collectives – The Sons of Africa. After escaping slavery or in some cases buying their freedom, these former enslaved men worked together to abolish slavery. These men were different…
