Black History Month & Windrush: Inspiring, Engaging, Magazine & Newsletters – Innovating, Challenging Perceptions… Always One Step Ahead!
By Joy Sigaud 2020 has been a pivotal year for the Black Community of Great Britain and it is not over yet. As well as being disproportionately represented victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, police attempts to undermine and humiliate Black people has come to the fore, thanks to the Black Lives Matter movement. Welcoming the […]
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By Joy Sigaud In spite of the restrictions caused by the pandemic Covid-19, the London art scene continues to thrive with many exhibitions now presented online. This Black History Month sees a number of Black artists making their mark in the sector which can be visited for the live experience. Doyle Wham, a contemporary […]
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By Joy Sigaud North West London is often sidelined when it comes to Black Afro-Caribbean culture in London yet, Harlesden was the year ’round heartbeat of North West London for several decades and still is today attracting all types, rich and poor, great and small from surrounding areas including the far away leafy suburbs who […]
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1st October 2020 Welcome to Black History Month 2020 Editions Lifestyle Magazine. Black History Month UK celebrates the lives and contributions of the Afro-Caribbean and African diasporas in Britain irrespective of their origins. Since the first official Black History Month in 1987, which was created to fill the void in knowledge about the history of […]
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By Joy Sigaud English DJ David Rodigan has been awarded an Order Of Distinction by the Jamaican Government for his global promotion of Jamaican music. Rodigan’s undeniable success comes from his deep-rooted passion for reggae music and culture since he was a schoolboy. The longstanding champion of reggae and dancehall began his career in London […]
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Click below to read: 30th September 2020: The magazine is available in selected major supermarkets. A big thank you to our readers, distributors and supporters. We have been informed by the supermarkets that the uptake was 100% within days, so they have thankfully now all gone but you can still read it here
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Click and Link: For Music, Films, Virtual Tours, Dance, Museums, Professional Seminars and much more…something for all ages: Online events at Lambeth Library throughout Black History Month 2020 Vascular Dementia and Me: a community conversation with Lambeth’s African and Caribbean residents Saturday 24 October, 11am to 1pm. Join this community conversation with live drama […]
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WINDRUSH FOUNDATION PRESENTS A HISTORY OF BLACK BRITISH INTELLECTUALS KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DR ANGELINA OSBORNE ON SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2020 FROM 7PM TO 8.30PM DR OSBORNE WILL EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF RACE, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN BRITAIN THROUGH THE WORK OF ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS AND EDUCATORS. BRITAIN HAS ITS OWN BLACK INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS, EXEMPLIFIED THROUGH OLAUDAH EQUIANO, CLR […]
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WINDRUSH FOUNDATION PRESENTS LORD WOODBINE, THE BEATLES & HAMBURG Born in 1929 in Trinidad, Harold Phillips (who later became known as Lord Woodbine, the Calypsonian) volunteered for the Royal Air Force to fight for Britain in World War II. After being demobbed when the War ended, he returned to England on the Empire Windrush on […]
Read MoreBy Joy Sigaud From the lush groves of cane Standing in majestic rows under vivid blue sky Tall green grasslike feathered poles The juice is sweet, Who would ask for sweeter Who could ask for more. That sweet tooth is with us still today. They, the plundered, chop chop chop in season with their machetes […]
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By Joy Sigaud The people of Jamaica are delighted to learn that the Jamaican beauty Toni-Ann Singh, the reigning Miss World, will continue her reign for another year as this year’s pageant is deferred to late 2021, a result of the Covid 19 Pandemic. Few places remain untouched by this plague whilst in the UK […]
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From 15th July – 8th August the October Gallery London is focusing on Ghanaian born artist El Anatsui. They will be showing his metal wall sculptures and a selection of prints created in collaboration with Factum Arte, Madrid. El Anatsui who lives and works in Nigeria is arguably one of the most influential […]
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Supported by The Arts Council England and Jack Shainman Gallery New York, the Barbican Art Gallery will present A Countervailing Theory, a site-specific installation for The Curve. It is the first-ever UK commission by Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. Ojih Odutola’s epic cycle of groundbreaking new work unfurls across the 90-metre long gallery. An immersive soundscape […]
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Covid 19 has certainly unearthed some of the worst discrepancies in our society and implored us all to get up and assist those in need where we can. The homeless were suddenly housed albeit temporarily, the hungry need to be fed, How many of us in 2020 Britain were aware that children and adults were […]
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Entries Invited Songs of Praise launch a brand new competition to find the best amateur gospel singer in the UK. If you lead worship in your church, sing solos in a gospel choir or just have a passion for gospel music then they wish you to get in touch. In this celebration of Gospel […]
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