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Maya Bello-Taylor
- 4 days ago
- 6 min
How the West African Student Union (WASU) campaigned for the end of colonial rule in West Africa
How the West African Student Union (WASU) campaigned for the end of colonial rule in West Africa
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- 6 days ago
- 6 min
Kemi Badenoch - the right-wing MP who could become the first Black leader of the Conservative party
Kemi Badenoch - the Tory right-wing MP who could become the first Black leader of the Conservative party
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Sep 18
- 8 min
Ottobah Cugoano - the radical Abolitionist & first African to publicly call for the end of slavery
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with West African heritage Quobna Ottobah...
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Sep 14
- 5 min
Lapido Solanke - was a political activist and founder of the influential WASU
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with West African heritage - Lapido Solanke
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Vera B
- Sep 9
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates Louise 'Miss Lou' Bennett-Coverley's 103rd birthday
Louise "Miss Lou" was a famed poet, folklorist, and the first Black student to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1945. On...
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Angela M
- Jul 30
- 6 min
What is the theme for Black History Month UK 2022?
IBHM-UK launches theme for Black History Month UK 2022 - Supporting Journeys - and all the ways to celebrate it in October.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jun 17
- 4 min
African Romans in Britain
As part of our 'Black to the Past' campaign for Black History Month UK 2022 we explore the lives of African Romans in Britain.
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Vera B
- Jun 17
- 1 min
Google Doodle pays tributes to Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer and composer
Amanda Aldridge was a British opera singer and prolific composer of romantic 'parlour music.' On the 17th June, Google Doodle celebrated...
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Vera B
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates St Lucian Economist Sir W. Arthur Lewis
Sir W. Arthur Lewis is one of the pioneers of Development Economics and was of the first proponents of reparations to the Caribbean and...
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 30, 2021
- 5 min
Sarah Bonetta - African princess and god-daughter of Queen Victoria
Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' campaign - African and African-Caribbean Victorians in Britain - Sarah Bonetta Forbes Davis
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
William Davidson the political radical
Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' campaign - African and African-Caribbean Georgians in Britain - William Davidson
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 11, 2021
- 5 min
John Blanke the royal trumpeter
Black History Month UK 2022 'Black to the past' campaign - John Blanke
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Vera B
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates the life of Una Marson
Una Marson was one of Jamacia's most influential feminist thinkers. She was a poet, playwright, editor, activist and broadcaster.
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Vera B
- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates the 68th birthday of Olive Morris
Olive Morris is widely recognised as a prominent voice of leadership in the fight against discrimination in Britain during the 1970s.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 1, 2021
- 8 min
A Hidden Alliance
We explore the underreported anti-slave lecturing circut in northwest England and its impact on the working classes. In a quiet little...
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Ivory Bangle Lady
As part of Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' we reveal the African origin of Roman York's rich Ivory Bangle Lady.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
UK rapper Stormzy gets a waxwork in Madame Tussauds
Stormzy has announced he’s the latest celebrity to be immortalised in London’s Madame Tussauds. The UK rapper, who was celebrated his...
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
C4 commissons new comedy 'Big Age' pilot for their Black to Front day
Channel 4 commissions brand-new comedy pilot, Big Age, written by Bolu Babalola for Channel 4s Black to Front day
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
History of modern Black British Music: Lovers Rock
A short introduction to the musical genre of Lovers Rock... Search IBHM-UK to find our specially curated playlist of 'Lovers Rock' and to...
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