Legacies of British Slave Ownership workshops

The Legacies of British Slave-ownership project at UCL are holding a series of regional workshops in the following cities:
Glasgow: 4th September
Newcastle: 25th September
Birmingham: 9th October
Liverpool: 23rd October
Bristol: 27th November
To book a place or for further information
please see www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/workshops
or contact lbs@ucl.ac.uk

Edited to add: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, in conjunction with the Black & Asian Studies Association present the Black and Asian Britain seminars

Seminars September to December: 6 to 7.30 pm, Senate House, University of London, Russell Square, London WC1. Everyone is welcome. You do not have to pre-book/register. (Contact: Marika.Sherwood@sas.ac.uk)

Tuesday, September 14 (room G37)

Marika Sherwood, 'Malcolm X’s visits to Africa and Britain'. Historians of Malcolm usually almost ignore these visits: I shall outline his activities and question reasons for these omissions. Marika's book Malcolm X : visits abroad April 1964 – February 1965 will be available.

Tuesday, October 12 (room G34)
Rev. Israel Oluwole Olofinjana, 'History and Contributions of African Chuches in Britain'.

The seminar will trace the history of African Churches in Britain, explore why Africans are starting churches in the UK and their contributions to the British society. Rev. Olofinjana’s recent book Reverse in Ministry and Missions: Africans in the Dark Continent of Europe will be available at a reduced price. (Rev. Olofinjana is the minister of the Crofton Park Baptist Church, Brockley Grove, Lewisham)

Wednesday,17 November (room G34)

Stephen Bourne will talk about his new book Mother Country which acknowledges the wartime contributions of Britain's Black community to the Home Front in WW2.