Sembene!

In 1952, Ousmane Sembène, a dockworker and school dropout from Senegal, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. This feature-length documentary tells the unbelievable true story of the “father of African cinema”, the self-taught novelist and filmmaker who fought, against enormous odds, a monumental, 50-year-long battle to give African stories to Africans.

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Let’s play vinyl

Don’t miss the chance to play your old reggae records on this Heritage HiFi. Dust off your old 45s and join us.

Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, Heritage HiFi, people and culture

The October Dialogues 2016

On the 200th anniversary of Bussa’s Uprising to end slavery in Barbados, join us for a day of dialogues and debates on transatlantic slavery and its legacies.

Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Nottingham Contemporary, renaissance one, the october dialogues 2016

Kanda Bongo Man

The man who gave the world the infectious Kwasa Kwasa dance Kanda Bongo Man is one of the first pioneers of African Soukous music.

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Generation Revolution

Generation Revolution brings to the screen a powerful story of a new generation of black and brown activists who are changing the social and political landscape in the capital and beyond.

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Black Power at 50

Join us for a special screening of three films about the Black Power movement and post-screening discussion.

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Beyond the walls: murals as activism

Join us as we reflect on the success of Nottingham’s first Black History Mural and screen a new film, Beyond the Walls.

Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, New Art Exchange

Black History Month Celebration

Join us for a celebration with internationally acclaimed live music, including Natalie Duncan.

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Learning in womanist ways

This interactive workshop will present the concept of ‘Matriarchal Learning hubs’ from Dr Etienne’s new book (Learning in Womanist Ways) and will explore the significance of black feminist epistemologies where black women activists are using their learning to tackle critical concerns in their local communities.

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Highlights from our best Black History Month yet

Black History Month 2015 officially finishes on 31 October, and what a month it’s been! A […]

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Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2015, BME, BME Network, culture, Department of American and Canadian Studies, equality and diversity, history