The South
Hertfordshire
7 Oct
Black Teachers Speak Out
At last year’s Black History Month, Black Teachers from Hertfordshire took the opportunity to share their views of their teaching experience in Britain. The group of teachers has continued to meet and may soon be the subject of a programme for Teachers TV. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear some of them this year!
Tawanda Madhlangobe is a black Zimbabwean teacher who was highly commended in the Teacher of the Year Awards 2008 and is a doctoral student at the University of Hertfordshire.
Lois Vassall is black Caribbean origin teacher who grew up in Wales, and a University of Hertfordshire doctorial student researching links between family support and the educational success of black students.
University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland campus, time and price undecided, tel: 01707 28 5618.
j.j.plastow@herts.ac.uk
Brighton
9 Oct
Picturing the Chinese
Artist Grace Lau discusses her photographic work inspired by 19th century travellers’ representations of the Chinese.
The Old Courtroom, 1pm, £5/£3.50 Concessions, tel: 01273 292797.
Bristol
17 Oct
Afrika Eye Fundraiser
A range of entertainment will be put on, including an African choir, singers, break dancers, a fashion show and auction, and some art on sale, so it should be a good evening.
St Paul’s Church, Tickets can be bought on tel: 07876 590530.
afrikaeye@googlemail.com
Gloucester
18 Oct
Black History Explosion Concert
Black History Month Concert. Enjoy a fun night of a musical adventure. There will be top acts, top musicians and a top audience including you, so get involved for a night to remember.
All Nations Community Centre, Chase Lane, doors open 630pm, £10/£5 Concessions, tel: 01452 414 254.
coopstp@aol.com
Brighton
19 Oct
Celebrate Diwali
Wear a sari, have your hands hennaed, make a rangoli pattern or listen to the story of Rama and Sita. These and many more activities will be taking place today to celebrate Diwali. In conjunction with the Hindu Women’s Group.
The Old Courtroom, 2pm - 430pm, free, tel: 01273 292797.
Maidstone
20 Oct - 2 Nov
'African Tales Exhibition'
A mini exhibition showcasing African objects selected from our collections, that have never been on display before, they each ‘tell a story’ about the African culture from which they originate. The display will also feature artwork and stories created by local schools.
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, Mon to Sat 10am – 5.15pm, Sundays 11am – 4pm, free, tel: 01622 602 838.
Brighton
21 Oct
Diwali
Each early years session includes art activities, a museum expedition, a story and handling some museum objects. These sessions are for 2–5 years olds only. We are sorry but we cannot accommodate younger children unless they are young babies.
Brighton Museum, 1030am – 12pm, £4.50 if booked in advance, tel: 01273 292797.
Hertfordshire
21 Oct
An Evening With Dr Tony Sewell
‘Nurturing Success among Black African and African-Caribbean Boys in the British Education System.’ Dr Tony Sewell, well known for advocating a radical rethink of how Black African and African-Caribbean boys are educated in British schools to enable them reach their potential, will talk about how, through his project, ‘Generating Genius’, he is putting into practice some of his ideas. The presentation will be followed by an opportunity for discussion.
University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland campus, time and price undecided, Tel: 01707 273567.
whemgroup@btconnect.com
Hertfordshire
23 Oct
Audacity of Hope: What "President Barack Obama" Means to the United States and to the rest of the World
On 20th January 2009 Barack Obama may be sworn in as the first African-American President of the United States. What would an Obama Presidency mean for America and for the rest of world?
Join us for a multimedia exploration of this issue in conjunction with October is Black History Month as Dr Stuart Weinstein, Associate Head, School of Law, searches Senator Obama's life, writings and speeches to find an answer.
Room A90 School of Law (St Albans campus), 530pm for 6pm, price unknown, tel: 01707 286203.
L.1.De-Souza@herts.ac.uk
Maidstone
25 Oct
'Drawing on Africa'
This year we will be celebrating two national events by combining the Big Draw with Black History Month. Why not join the museum as we endeavour to reveal our previously unexplored African collections and bring them to life. This event has activities for both Adults and children. Adults will enjoy observational drawing and creative responses to our African collection, and children will be invited to take part in our interactive mural.
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, Mon to Sat 10am – 5.15pm, Sundays 11am – 4pm, free, tel: 01622 602 838.
Maidstone
27 Oct
'African tails'
Make an African animal mask and tail while you learn about conservation issues.
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, 1030am - 1230pm, 130pm-330pm, £2, tel: 01622 602 838.
Maidstone
28 Oct
'African stories'
Storytelling and craft activity. Recommended for under 5’s.
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, 1030am – 1130am, £2 for one adult and two children, tel: 01622 602 838.
Brighton
29 Oct
Big Diwali Draw
Be inspired by the festival of Diwali to be creative and make some lovely rangoli patterns.
Brighton Museum, 1030am - 12pm and 1PM - 4pm, free, tel: 01273 292797.
Maidstone
29 Oct
'African instruments' and 'African Music from u’Zambezi'
Make an African percussion instrument using natural resources. Learn about the important role of music in African cultures.
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, 1030am – 1230pm, 130pm – 330pm, £2, tel: 01622 602 838.
Hertfordshire
30 Oct
Breaking the Silence – The Unheard Voices of Black Londoners
Sixty years after the arrival of Empire Windrush, now an icon for the mass immigration of Caribbean people, the success stories of those who became Black Londoners are still often unheard.
This session presents voices and stories from Caribbean origin communities in Britain, collected by a leading researcher of oral histories. Members of the local African Caribbean groups have been invited to come and share their own stories, and DVD material of the Caribbean experience in Britain can be accessed.
University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland campus, 12pm - 2pm, price unknown, tel: 01707 285689.
j.m.young@herts.ac.uk
Bristol
31 Oct - 8 Nov
Afrika Eye 2008
A festival of films, workshops, discussions and live performance will splash African sunshine and music into a grey autumn. Ten films uncover a continent, from Senegal to Madagascar, Algeria to South Africa and the deep heartlands of Congo and Guinea. Boogie to the fantastic Vieux from Senegal, who performs live for our opening party and the premiere of Youssou N’dour’s great documentary Return to Goree, and shake yer bootie to the South African choir before the Sundance-nominated Son Of Man from South Africa. With a showcase of local film makers in the Eyefull evening and some special film guests - we bring you life!
Watershed, Harbourside, check website for details.
www.afrikaeye.btik.com
Kent
1 Oct - 31 Oct
Kick Racism Out Of Football (KROOF)
Kent Youth Service in conjunction with Kick It Out, have arranged events during Oct. Kick It Out is football's equality and inclusion campaign. The football tournament / festivals in each area will be combined with a series of activities, including: street dance workshops, Kick it out Theatre production, Show racism the red card presentation, MC workshop, Poetry and poster competition, Table top football, Home beats multi media CD Rom voyage of personal discovery, Multi cultural food sampling, Mi-pod speaks out against racism, have your say on what we should do to combat racism, Displays from various agencies Activity packs and more.
All young people who take part will receive a certificate and T Shirt and those that take part in the football will be presented with trophies and medals for winners and runners up, best player and most sporting player.
These events will target 13-19
www.kickitout.org/
Somerset
1 Oct
A formal launch of the activities with the opening of the “Black Gold” portrait exhibition at the City Art Gallery, featuring local black people. Southampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre
Contact: For further information contact Alice Workman on 023 8063 1537 or Don John 023 8083 2274
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Norfolk
1 Oct - 31 Oct
African stories & activities and Adrinka art
Fun for families and children! Come along and join in with African stories, art and craft activities and an Adinkra trail!
Q. What is Adinkra?
A. Think of smiley faces :-) and kisses xxx! We use them to say something without using words.
Adinkra symbols, created by the Akan people of West Africa, are like that. The Norfolk Black History Month logo is an adinkra symbol – Sankofa – that reminds us that we must learn from the past to make a better future. There are hundreds more to discover and enjoy!
Children under 8 must be an accompanied by an adult.
Please see website for details, Varying times, Across Norfolk, Free, www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk
Norfolk
1 Oct - 31 Oct
Ignatius Sancho & William Stevenson of Norwich
“My Dear Stee, the corks flew out of your bottles in rapid succession”, William Stevenson of Norwich and the writer and composer, Ignatius Sancho
William Stevenson's connection with the Black writer and composer, Ignatius Sancho, dated from the 1770s, when he was a very young man. They were sufficiently close for Sancho's daughter, Elizabeth, to present Stevenson with Gainsborough's portrait of her father after his death. On his part Stevenson paid Elizabeth an annuity until his own death in 1821.
The Millennium Library’s Local History expert Clive Wilkins-Jones will tell you more about this intriguing and illuminating friendship.
Wed 7 Oct, Dereham Library, 7.30pm to 8.30pm, free, 01362 656 971, brigitte.morton@norfolk.gov.uk
Sat 10 Oct , Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library, 11am to 12pm, tel: 01603 774781
Wed 14 Oct Great Yarmouth Library, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, Free, tel: 01493 842279
brigitte.morton@norfolk.gov.uk yarmouth.lib@norfolk.gov.uk
www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk
Norfolk
1 Oct
David Honeyboy Edwards
David "Honeyboy" Edwards is literally a living piece of Delta blues history. Before Seasick Steve, Fat Possum, the sixties British blues boom, before even Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, Honeyboy was among a group of pre-war itinerant Mississippi Delta blues musicians who wrote the blues template in the 1930's. Honeyboy is the last of these original Delta blues musicians still playing regularly and this will be his last UK tour.
Norwich Arts Centre, 8pm, £10 adult / advance £12 door / £12 / £10 concs
www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Norfolk
1 Oct - 31 Oct
AfroCeilidh! by Boka Halat
Formed by an exceptionally talented group of musicians, Boka Halat offers an absorbing and participatory show based on the harmony between African and English traditions. The show is split into two halves enabling audiences to enjoy a concert before pushing back the chairs for a barn dance with a difference! While the tunes are English, the rhythms are unmistakably African. Suitable for all ages. This event is running as part of Creative Arts East’s ‘Village Stage’ rural touring scheme.
Adults £7.50, children & concs £6.50, family ticket £26 On the door: adults £8.50, children & concessions £7.50, family ticket £30
Fri 2 Oct, Brooke Village Hall, 7.30pm tel: 01508 558526 Tickets available from Brooke Post Office. 2 course supper in interval: £7.50 per head.
Sat 3 Oct, Hindolveston Village Hall, 7.30pm, tel: 01263 860583 /01263 860257
Sat 7 Nov Brundall Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, tel: 01603 713327 Tickets from above number and also in person at Brundall Pets & Hardware store.
www.creativeartseast.co.uk
Norfolk
2 Oct
Courtney Pine - Transition In Tradition
Jazz legend Courtney Pine is back on tour, fresh from receiving his CBE for services to music in the New Year's Honours List. He is promoting his long-awaited new album, Transition in Tradition, the debut release for his own label, Destin-E World Records. This new work not only pays tribute to the first great saxophone star Sidney Bechet, but also marks several new forays into sound for the groundbreaking Jazz Warrior.
The Playhouse, 8pm, £25.50, tel:01603 598598
www.norwichplayhouse.org.uk
Norfolk National Speaker : Paulette Randall
Norfolk
2 Oct
The Official Launch of Norfolk BHM 2009
Guests will be entertained at an evening launch by local and national speakers and performers. This year’s invited national speaker is Paulette Randall. Paulette is one of the leading female black directors in Britain.
She has directed renowned plays at the Royal Court Theatre and produced the highly successful Black British Sitcom ‘Desmonds’ and ‘Porkpie’. Paulette currently chairs the board of the Clean Break Theatre Company and is a former artistic director of the Talawa Theatre Company.
Tonia Mihill, our local speaker, coordinated the first Norfolk Black History Month in 2003, (with Kai Yin Low of NNREC) and continues to support BHM while working as a youth councillor for MAP and Off Centre, CommunityLibrarian at the Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library and UK coordinator of Pan Africa Development Education & Advocacy Programme! Entertainment provided by comedy duo Jefferson & Whitfield and Jazz musician Pete LeTanka not to mention the sweet taste of Caribbean food tickle your tastebuds.
Open, Bank Plain, 7pm, Free but advanced booking are required as places are limited tel: 01603 611644
malika.rahman@nnrec.org.uk
www.norfolkblackhistorymonth.org.uk
Norfolk
2 Oct - 31 Oct
An evening of music and film to celebrate 50 years of Motown as the backbone of popular music!
DJ Hilary Spinn takes the audience down Motown memory lane with half an hour of her favourite 45’s played on an original Dansette record player before screening What’s Love Got To Do With It, the moving and intimate portrayal of the life of Tina Turner. Singer and actress, Tina’s career has spanned more than 50 years and with numerous awards and achievements under her belt she is referred to as ‘The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll’. This is Tina’s story, following her candidly through the highs and lows, the drugs, the stardom, the bitterness. She was, and still is, a remarkable woman, one who would not stop even when enormous personal challenges threatened to destroy her. What’s Love Got to Do With It Starring: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Virginia Capers, Khandi Alexander. Release date: 1993. Genre: Drama/Music. Director: Brian Gibson. Running time: 112 minutes. Certificate: 18.
Blofield Court House / North Creake Village Hall / Tittleshall Village Hall, tel: 01603 715253 / 01328 738959 / 01328 700952
www.creativeartseast.co.uk
Bristol
3 Oct - 29 Oct
C Words: carbon, climate, capital, culture How did you get here and where are we going?
"The energy and climate-change crisis stands as a unique social and ecological challenge... Those least responsible for climate change are the worst affected by it..." Vandana Shiva, Indian Activist, 2008
Artist-activist group PLATFORM and their collaborators propose C Words, a two-month investigation into carbon, climate, capital and culture. Based on PLATFORM's 25 years of research, art and action, C Words cross-examines the present and looks to the next two decades. How did we get here? Where are we going? Who's deciding? Who's made invisible? Whose future matters? PLATFORM members will be in residence at Arnolfini throughout the project.
African Writers Abroad: All Change!
African Writers Abroad (PEN) presents new commissioned work and workshops from poets Dorothea Smartt and Simon Murray on climate change and justice.
Virtual migrants: The Centre Cannot Hold
Multimedia installation, live dialogues and music performances explore the racial underpinnings of climate change, and the potential for a super-holocaust in the global south.
Arnolfini Bristol, Free, tel: 0117 917230,
www.arnolfini.org.uk
Kent
3 Oct
Ramsgate - Roopa Farooki author event
The third novel from ORANGE PRIZE SHORTLISTED author –
THE WAY THINGS LOOK TO ME is an affecting, comically tender portrayal of a family in crisis, caught between duty and love in a tangled relationship both bitter and bittersweet.Roopa will share her experiences as a writer and give us an insight into her latest book.
Roopa Farooki was born in Lahore in Pakistan and brought up in London. She graduated from New College, Oxford in 1995 and worked in advertising before turning to write fiction. Roopa now divides her time between south-west France and Kent with her husband and sons. Bitter Sweets, her first novel was shortlisted for the Orange New Writers Award 2007 and her second novel Corner Shop was published in 2008. Roopa will be available for book signing and copies of her books will be for sale.
Ramsgate Library, 11am, tel: 01843 593532
Norfolk
3 Oct
Black History Month Launch 2009
Norfolk BHM has started and GYIA is inviting the Great Yarmouth Borough community to come and join us in this year’s celebration. It is set to be a fun family day so come and enjoy samples of the events to be held during the month.
Great Yarmouth Market Square, 10am to 4pm, Free, tel: 01493 851598 / 07769934196
gyia1@btconnect.com www.gyia.org.uk
Norfolk
3 Oct
African Market in Great Yarmouth
Once again Black History Month in Great Yarmouth kicks off with the eagerly awaited African Market with its foodstalls, bookstalls, clothing, educational resources, jewellery and so much other great stuff you won't find anywhere else. Traders come from all parts of the UK and a host of different countries... so come prepared to spend or you just might miss out!
Great Yarmouth Market Square, 10am to 5pm,
Rashid@opentrade.org.uk
www.opentrade.org.uk
Norfolk
3 Oct
The Voice Project presents: A Vocal Workshop with Anita-Mahdia Daulne
Born in Congo, Anita Mahdia Daulne is a founding member of the world renowned vocal ensemble Zap Mama. For many years, she has studied African Musical traditions and bought this heritage to the Western world. Bring your voice and join her on a magical journey through diverse African musical forms!
The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich NR2, 10.30am to 4pm, £20 - booking necessary, as places are limited.
info@voiceproject.co.uk
Somerset
5 Oct - 19 Oct
Diabetes Workshop organised by the PCT
Council Chamber, Civic Centre.
For further information contact Kate Strickland 023 8082 5442
Bristol
7 Oct
Sequelism Exhibition Event Sonia Boyce
As part of the Bristol Poetry Festival: Sonia Boyce came to prominence as part of the Black British Cultural Renaissance of the 1980s. Her work addresses issues of race, ethnicity and the contemporary urban experience. Over the last ten years, through undertaking what she terms improvised collaborations with communities of interest, she has explored how cultural differences might be articulated, mediated, shared and enjoyed. Sonia will discuss her work to coincide with her new exhibition Like Love at Spike Island.
Arnolfini Bristol, 6pm, £7/£6 concs, tel: 0117 917230
www.arnolfini.org.uk
Somerset
10 Oct
Community Cohesion Cup –
Community Cohesion Cup –
For further information Jazz Bhatti
SUSSEX
10 Oct - 13 Oct
A Healthcare History.
Brighton and Hove Black History present stories from Black and Minority Ethnic people who, from the 1950s to 1970s, came from former British colonies to train and work for the NHS
Royal Pavilion & Museums, tel: 01273 – 292864
www.royalpavilion.org.uk www.virtualmuseum.info
Somerset
12 Oct - 18 Oct
Performances from Love Soul Choir a gospel group
West Quay Shopping Centre.
For further information contact Steve Giles
info@lovesoulchoir.com
SUSSEX
12 Oct
Worthing Library and the West Sussex County Council BME staff group welcome you to an exciting evening celebrating the best in contemporary writing.
ola Jaye is the author of “By the Time You Read This” and
“Reaching for the Stars” (Quick Reads 2009). Lola will sign
copies of her latest novel, “While You Were Dreaming” . Alex Wheatle is the author of five novels, including “Brixton Rock” and “East of Acre Lane” (London New
Writers Award 2000). Alex will sign copies of his latest book, “The Dirty South”.
“One of the most exciting writers of the black urban experience”, The Times
orthing Library, 7pm, tel: 01903 704809. This event is free but spaces are limited. To reserve your ticket, Use the telephone number provided.
Somerset
13 Oct
A lecture on the wreck of the SS Mendi.
Forgotten history of the loss of 600 black South Africans off the coast of the Isle of Wight.
St Josephs Hall. Contact: For further information contact 07812 851095 or
archaeoanna@yahoo.co.uk
Kent
20 Oct
Africans in Britain – a two thousand year history
A talk by author Marika Sherwood Africans have lived in Britain at least since they arrived as part of the conquering Roman army. This talk will serve as an introduction to this history, including a glimpse of some African residents in Kent. Marika Sherwood is a Sr Research Fellow at London University. She has written many books and articles on aspects of this history, and most recently, two books on how British merchants, bankers and others managed to circumvent the Acts of 1807 and 1833 making it illegal to trade in enslaved Africans and abolishing slavery.
Canterbury Library, 7.15pm - 8.15pm
Kent
21 Oct
An African Evening: Author event Yaba Badoe, African food and talks
Yaba comes to Gravesend library to talk about her new book True Murder.
In this assured and entrancing debut, Yaba Badoe explores a passionate, if unlikely friendship between two troubled adolescent girls and the dysfunctional and ultimately destructive power of love.
Yaba Badoe is an accomplished Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker and journalist. A graduate of King’s College Cambridge, she worked as a civil servant in Ghana before becoming a General Trainee with the BBC. She has taught in Spain and Jamaica and is, at present, a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, where she is completing a documentary film -The Witches of Gambaga. Her short stories have been published in Critical Quarterly and in African Love Stories: an anthology edited by Ama Ata Aidoo.
Tickets will be available from Gravesend Library.
Gravesend Library, 6pm - 7:30pm, tel: 01474 352758
Bristol
22 Oct
Victor Gama & David Gunn - Acrux Variations
Angolan/Portuguese instrument designer and musician Victor Gama has developed a complex sonic palette which combines the cyclical elegance of gamelan with the complex tonalities of 20th Century minimalists like Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and Glen Branca. For this multimedia show, Gama performs on his unique ‘acrux harp' while David Gunn adds live electronics, reworking video and audio recorded during Gama's field trips to the Namibe desert on the South-Western coast of Angola.
Arnolfini Bristol, 8pm, £7 /£6 concs, tel: 0117 917230,
www.arnolfini.org.uk
Kent
27 Oct
Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope
Music for Change Winston Nzingo
Winston is a Caribbean storyteller and musician. This family event will be a blend of traditional and contemporary storytelling with Afro-Caribbean drumming and percussion.
Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope, 10.30-11.30, 50p, tel: 01732 453118
Kent
29 Oct
Music for Change-George Fiawoo
High –energy West African dance event aimed at families.
The djembe (skin drum) is normally played to provide the rhythms for the dance, with the secret drum language prompting the dancer to follow the routines/steps to start and finish.
Cliftonville Library 11am-12pm, Free but ticketed as places limited, tel: 01843 226979
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