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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2020 Events – live, interactive or virtual, films, theatre, courses, talks, walks – Something for everyone and more… ETHIOPIAN WORLD FEDERATION INCORPORATED LOCAL 3 NEGUSA NEGAST UNVEILING OF A BLUE PLAQUE IN UNITY WITH NUBIAN JAK COMMUNITY TRUST Mon 2nd NOV 2020 12—2PM via zoom link To attend register here ***************** Online […]
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Self-publisher Kandace Chimbri’s popular title The Story of Windrush has been acquired by Scholastic UK Childrens book publishers with two new titles expected in 2021. Editions reviewed this popular and informative book in June 2020. Beautifully illustrated, this little hardback remains a popular choice and the new edition is out now to coincide with Black History […]
Read MoreJoy Sigaud writes Time For Change! Prime Minister Boris Johnson agrees that Black history is the history of the United Kingdom. Without acknowledging this crucial fact, our learning is incomplete. Whilst we welcome this, we look forward to seeing the agenda for change that the recently formed Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparities is designed […]
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By Joy Sigaud Anyone who has had their DNA tested will have noticed groups of people carrying the same DNA in far fetched regions. How did this come to be one would ask oneself? A Tongan ancestor? It may well be the case as our ancestry is so diverse that nothing is impossible nor […]
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Arthur Torrington of The Windrush Foundation summarises the Windrush story to date. When the late Sam King, aged 22, disembarked at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948 having travelled on Empire Windrush, he had already obtained the names and addresses of dozens of his friends who were also on the ship. He looked forward […]
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Mona Baptiste arrived in England in June 1948 and by August 1948 she had appeared on the BBC Light Programme – a radio station broadcasting light entertainment between 1945 and 1967 which later became BBC Radio 2. Mona Baptiste travelled first class on the Empire Windrush to London, disembarking on 22nd June with all the […]
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African, Jamaican or Just British? A Jamaican’s journey written by J. Sigaud Long Ago And Far Away There is a world that exists No one knows about it They have civilisations, structures, tribes, hierarchies and wars Just like everywhere else, save the poverty, filth and degradation of many but […]
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“Only three people in the world whose artwork sold for charity would attract so much interest: Nelson Mandela, the Prince of Wales and the Pope.” by Anna Hunter curator and gallerist. In 1997 we were at a meeting at St James’s Palace to discuss some new watercolours by the Prince Charles and the programme we […]
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CEO of the BCA Arike Oke updates us on the purpose and poignance of the Black Cultural Archives. Following last year’s successful Windrush Exhibition and National Windrush Day celebrations on site, with a new injection of funds BCA are looking to the future. In 2020 they teamed up with the National Archives giving greater […]
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LEADING THE WAY TO A BETTER FUTURE CELEBRATING THE PAST RELEVANT YEAR ROUND READING! Fresh! Inspiring! Uplifting! Unique! These are just some of the words used by our readers to describe the new and original Editions Lifestyle Black History Month Magazine! The first in a series of publications from Editions Media Limited . Black History […]
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Sponsored by Europe’s largest education union The NEU, Britain’s National Education Union have teamed up with Patrick Vernon, creator and founder of 100 Great Black Britons and launched a competition for school aged children. With plenty of aids and online resources available for research and discussion you can access the competition entry form here: https://www.100greatblackbritons.co.uk/competition.html […]
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The team at Editions Media would like to thank our readers, contributors and supporters for their encouragement and support over the past year. Since its inception we have successfully produced and distributed 3 publications for the Afro-Caribbean and African diasporas including one specifically for the Windrush Generation. We are also pleased to announce that we […]
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By Joy Sigaud On Monday 22 June 2020, the nation paid tribute to the outstanding and ongoing contribution of the Windrush Generation and their descendants. HRH Prince Charles paid tribute through a film, The Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement and prominent members of the Windrush Community became oracles of hope and distinction. Nationwide […]
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Olatoun Gabi-Williams, founder of Borders Literature, interviews Professor Hakim Adi with very enlightening results covering a range of historical and current issues including some affecting the diasporas of African heritage in the UK. Professor Hakim Adi a British historian brought inspiration to Africa and to the nation of Guinea-Bissau with his nomination of Amílcar Cabral, […]
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Lloyd Bradley’s Windrush Day Top 10 Lloyd Bradley is one of the UK’s leading black music experts, cultural commentator, journalist and author of Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital, Base Culture: When Reggae Was King and Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music. London Is The Place For Me – Lord […]
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