About this Event
Join us on our three-hour drive showing London's top tourist attractions from an African/Caribbean perspective. There is at least 2000 years of Black history to be uncovered!
The private bus journey will start in Brixton. We then leave for our circular tour of London's typical attractions (Tower of London, Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament etc.) but with all the hidden Black connections explained.
We will cover a period of 3500 years including Black Generals, the colour bar , black-owned nightclubs, Female Resistance leaders, Claudia Jones, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Dame Jocelyn Barrow, Mavis Best, British Black Panthers, 20,0000 Black People and their day of action, Windrush arrival points, Breadfruits, The Black mayors who beat the National Front, 50 years of The West Indian Standing Conference, Champion boxers of the 1800s, Nelson Mandela, Trafalgar Square and the Anti-Apartheid movement, the Bank of England's secret West Indian wealth, the Ghana connection and much, much more!
Proceeds from this event will go towards the Black History Walks fundraiser for plaques in honour of six Black historical heroes:
- Dr Harold Moody 1930s Black British Civil Rights leader: Plaque unveiled March 2019
- Phyllis Wheatley 1773 child genius, poet, author. Plaque unveiled 16 July 2019
- Emma Clarke first Black female footballer in 189.) Plaque unveiled 2 December 2019
- Bill Richmond 1800s American/British champion boxer and community leader
- Tom Molyneaux 1810 American champion boxer who should have been British champion but for cheating
- Baron Baker 1950s Jamaican and Windrush street-fighter who defended the community out of Toto Bags Blues Club in Notting Hill
- D r Cecil Belfield-Clarke, Black British Civil Rights leader, inventor of the Clarke Rule which benefits millions of children (Plaque unveiled April 2023)
- Master Juba / William Henry Lane dancer, activist and entrepeneur
- James Baldwin, author, activist (plaque unveiled 17 May 2024)
You can read our Pearson GCSE exam text book based on our Notting Hill Walk HERE
Check out our walks, talks and films www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
- Black History Steam train tour
- Black History Bus Tour/ River Cruise
- Teaching Black British history in China
- 6 African Leaders removed by the French
- Hackney, Mayfair, St Paul’/Bank, Theatreland and Soho Black History Walks
- African Odysseys, Racism in Academia and @BFI Southbank
- Toyin Agbetu season of films
- Frantz Fanon weekender
- 60 years of Black British Civil Rights, racism @BFI with Professor Gus John
- Kung Fu and anti-racist street fighters with Professor Lez Henry
- Financial slavery? The CFA in Africa
- Sign petition to save African Odysseys and Black film history at BFI Southbank HERE
About African Odysseys
The volunteer-run, African Odysseys film programme screened monthly, popular, anti-racist, Black history films with Q&A’s for 18 years at the BFI. It regularly filled the Southbank 450 seater at 2pm on Saturdays when cinemas are typically ‘dead’.The British Film Institute ignored a 18,000 strong petition to keep it HERE .Refused to answer 8 simple questions. Then cancelled the programme so they could ‘cut costs and promote diversity’ HERE
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Meet point on REQUEST, Meet point on request, London, United Kingdom
GBP 45.00
