Elephant & Castle Black History Walk

This walk links the Imperial War Museum with the Cumin Museum of Ancient Egypt. It illustrates more than 200 years of Black history with tales of the Will Smith of 1800's London, the strategic planning of the Windrush generation, African soldiers and their centuries of service to Britain, India and Africa's enormous role in WW2. We cover:

• How Sam King the Jamaican RAF veteran fought the Far Right
• The Windrush generation and the fight for a place to sleep
• Immigration, regeneration and gentrification
• The Ali G connection
• The Fisk Jubilee Singers and Black excellence
• Christopher Alder, Brian Douglas and Black Lives Matter in 1990s Britain
• African-Americans, academia and Queen Victoria
• Paul Robeson, Welsh miners, the Trocadero
• How organised Black British struggle changed the law
• No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish
• Mass media, refugees, Hitler and England

• African Odysseys: How to Fight Racism at the BFI, British Film Institute
• 50 years of Struggle Professor Gus John films and talks
• Black history Bus tour/ Steam train trip/River cruise
• Frantz Fanon film and talk Weekender
• Black Women and Film Exhibition
• Graphic Novels: Publishing Black History and movies
• Mayfair, Hackney,Notting Hill, Southbank, Trafalgar Square, Regents Canal and Soho walks
• African Women Spirituality @Fulham Palace
• Groundings @Fulham Palace
• Kumba drumming @Fulham Palace.
• I fought the law and I won, a Black judge of 60 years of Equality legislation
• Champion Black Boxers and businessmen in 1800s London: African Odysseys

About African Odysseys . Previously at the BFI Southbank for 18 years, African Odysseys is now hosting films across London due to systemic racism at the BFI which ignored a17,500 strong petition and cancelled the popular,educational, monthly programme there. Full details HERE

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