Black History Month Lecture
10 October
Simukai Chigudu previews a chapter from the book he is currently writing, When Will We Be Free? Living in the Shadow of Empire and the Struggle for Decolonisation. The book is a work of literary nonfiction that combines memoir, political history and cultural criticism. Chigudu interweaves his personal and family story with the history of Africa’s anti-colonial struggles from the 1950s to the present, with the hopes and frustrations of African independence, and with Britain’s public whitewashing of its colonial history in order to provide an intimate and nuanced account of colonization not merely as a historical or political phenomenon but as something that inescapably affects a person’s heart and mind, a person’s sense of identity and home—and he investigates what it would mean to be truly free of it.
Kellogg College, Banbury Road, Oxford
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Creative Connection: Black History Month - new filmmakers
12 October
Join this Creative Connection event with a focus on black filmmakers in support of underrepresented talent in the film industry. There will be a be screening of Home Grown, directed Corinne Walker, BFI backed film Spin produced by Dami Adeyeye (Dami will be joining on the panel) plus Tianna Hanton will be sharing her experience of making a short documentary film about the Central Club Mural, a key focal point for the Reading community. There will be a Q&A after the screenings before a networking opportunity and snacks from local artisans – all included in your ticket.
Reading Biscuit Factory
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Black History Month Celebration
13 October
Black History Month is being celebrated at Rose Hill Community Centre with a day of learning and dialogue, a market stall of local information, lunch and more.
Rose Hill Community Centre
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Why race equity is a Higher Education emergency
18 October
This Black History Month, Oxford Brookes are hosting a talk which invites and challenges us to consider Higher Education through a racial lens. Hosted by Natalia-Nana Lester-Bush, this lecture will offer a considered critique of how race and racism interact with some of the most pressing challenges and opportunities of the Higher Education experience. We will explore why, in a time of mass economic and educational crisis, race is the issue University staff, students and members of the wider Oxford community should be engaging with, and how white colleagues can – and should – be empowered and motivated to lead as allies to contribute to understanding and addressing the complex challenges the sector faces.
Oxford Brookes University Headington Campus
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A Celebration of Black History Month in Abingdon
21 October
Come and enjoy West African Carrabean food followed by entertainment, poetry, a fashion show, and gospel music.
Christ Church, Abingdon
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Black History Month Panel Discussion
30 October
A panel discussion brings together BME academics and academics researching topics related to racism, (anti-)colonialism and professionals working on EDI matters at the DPIR.
Please join us for a panel discussion with subsequent reception in the Lecture Theatre of DPIR on Monday, 23 October at 1 pm. Following the panel discussion, there will be a reception in the Common Room from 3 pm.
Manor Road Building
