It is a shame that the UK and European Union member states abstained from the UN vote to recognise slavery. As a Black Jew, I am cognisant that they would not do so in relation to, for example, the Holocaust. *Both* systems were driven by racism and dehumanisation.
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Register to join Guyana SPEAKS on Saturday 18th April from 2pm onwards at Longfield Hall, SE5 9QY to celebrate the publication of Professor Clem Seecharan's Hand in Hand: History of Guyanese Cricket (Volume 3) and John Mair's In Search of El Dorado. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-pitch...
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Grateful for this wonderful island of Barbados and the opportunity it provides for me to escape from England’s winter grey. Happily working through Christmas with extra sunshine and the sound of teaming wildlife along the coast of Bathsheba.
I'm so grateful our project, "Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana," was funded! @dianapaton.bsky.social, Linsey McMillan, @juanitacox.bsky.social, @pbhellawell.bsky.social, Estherine Adams, and Jamie McLaughlin
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A sample of the #audiobook of #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems, read by me, with additional readings by my @ihr.bsky.social colleague @juanitacox.bsky.social & actor Roy McMillan. (The Spotify preview is more cringe, with me saying 'c*ck & balls' in the first 3 seconds...)
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I'll post a bit more on here later about @juanitacox.bsky.social's contribution to the #audiobook, and why I was so thrilled she was able to be involved 😊
Register to hear Trotman talk about recently published her memoir Dis Girl! The Enchanted Life of Aunty Joyce Trotman. This book provides wonderful insights into a colonial 'worldscape' that would long have been forgotten were it not for her extraordinary memory. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-memoir-d...
Join Guyana SPEAKS for this event on Prof. John Rickford's memoir, Speaking My Soul: Race Life and Language. His inspiring memoir makes an invaluable contribution to Black Studies, Diasporic Studies and the emerging field of Critical Mixed Race Studies.
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Looking forward to learning about the history of the comic in the Caribbean & producing a comic book on heritage with other attendees as part of the exhibition I co-curated on the Caribbean and its British Diaspora. The exhibition has been extended due to popular demand and now closes on 12 April!
Wonderful to hear the multi-award winning poet, Jenny Mitchell respond to the exhibition I co-curated with Argula Rublack. Grateful to her for the three wonderful poetry workshops that she facilitated as part of the exhibition's event series.
Register to join Guyana SPEAKS via Zoom on Sunday, 30 March 2025 at 3:30 pm UK time for Berbice River Women. We will be celebrating three acclaimed women writers: Maggie Harris, Sharon Correia and Cosmata Lindie.
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29 Feb 1748: “RUN away last Thursday Morning from Mr. Gifford’s, in Brunswick-Row, Queen-Square, Great Ormond-Street, an indentur’d Negro Woman Servant, of a yellowish Cast, nam’d Christmas Bennett [...] Whoever harbours her [...] shall be severely prosecuted”
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Register to join us on Wed, 26 Mar (6-8pm). This event will include a discussion on ESN schools through to SENDs and present day school exclusion practices. The aim will be to foster a constructive dialogue around strategies for future success.
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Register to attend this exciting workshop, “Comic Book Your Heritage”, which takes place on Wed, 19 Mar 2025 (17:00 - 19:30). This unique workshop invites you to explore and celebrate your cultural heritage through the art of comic storytelling. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/comic-book...
Very pleased to announce my upcoming event: Comic Book Your Heritage part of "In the Grip of Change, Caribbean Diaspora in Britain" exhibition, at University of London Senate House Library! Many thanks to @juanitacox.bsky.social and @salinajaneart.bsky.social
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Today started off pretty rough. Long story. Ended up so riled that I left the house for work with no glasses on. But the day got better - fab poetry workshop with the award-winning Jenny Mitchell. And now this comment from Prof Gus John about the exhibition: www.london.ac.uk/about/servic... Yay!!
I’m delighted to see that news about the exhibition I co-curated with Argula Rublack- In the Grip of Change: The Caribbean and its British diaspora - has received some international attention. In Guyana’s Stabroek News! www-stabroeknews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.stab...
Extraordinary to witness historical progress turning on a pin. Jaw dropping to see how quickly some companies have dropped their commitments to equality for all.
This is depressing. And job cuts in a critical area like nursing is simply criminal.
Wish this was hybrid! I would’ve loved to have watch this Online from London.
Prof. Philip Murphy delivered a brilliantly insightful lecture, Time Come? Caribbean Decolonisation and the Monarchy, last night. I was delighted to discover audience member, @salinajaneart.bsky.social, had summarised the lecture in cartoon! The lecture was recorded and will be made available soon.
The Tango actually looks better with age. Dang! 🤣
