For over 55 years, Elephant and Castle shopping centre has been a recognisable landmark of Lambeth. Before you get to the roundabout, you can always spot the pink elephant first. The pink elephant reminded me of the surrealist hallucinations that…
‘I’d rather die on yonder gallows than be a slave.’ Samuel Sharpe is a National Jamaican Hero, as he was behind the Jamaican Christmas Rebellion of 1832. He was a self educated man. A Baptist deacon who taught himself to…
Fanny Eaton – 23 June 1835 – 4 March 1924 When we think of Black British models, we think of British-Jamaican stars such as Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn and Leomie Anderson. However if we go back to the nineteenth century,…
Storytime Queen Akua or also known as Cubah Cornwallis was an enslaved woman of Ghanian descent. Queen Akua was originally from The Ashanti Empire and was bought by Captain William Cornwallis and taken to Jamaica. He changed her role to…
To have the idea to stand up to your oppressors is one thing, but to follow through with your conviction is entirely another. This Storytime takes us to Ghana. Chief Takyi was a Fanti King from the Gold Coast and…
Enslaved Africans were not able to voice out their opinions or be heard. This led to a lot of uprisings and rebellions; especially at the peak of the slave trade. One of the most captivating stories about a slave revolt…
Lilian Bader 18 February 1918 – 13 March 2015 Lilian Bailey was one of the first black women to join the British armed forces. Originally born in Liverpool, her father was Barbadian who served in the Royal Navy and her…
Destined to Witness. Growing up Black in Nazi Germany Hans J. Massaquoi “None of them seemed to notice me – the living antithesis to their obsession with racial purity – as I peered into the meeting hall. Or so I…
When is a slave not a slave?.. When they are considered an apprentice! Around the 1830s, Great Britain had finally heard the campaigners and sided with the abolitionists. The government passed the bill to abolish slavery. SUCCESS! Some Brits understood…
September 19th is officially ‘Talk like a Pirate Day’. Who comes up with this for real haha! I’m not going to talk like a pirate, however I will tell you about Black Caesar. The notorious pirate who terrorised the seven…
