About this Event
There is much more to Notting Hill than Carnival but even that history is often mis-represented. Find out about pioneering African/Caribbean people who literally fought for equality and laid the foundation for modern multi-cultural London. This walk features:
- West Indian Freedom Fighters in London
- The White Defence League, Oswald Mosley and immigration
- Black self empowerment, economics and community planning
- Claudia Jones and the origins of Carnival
- Bob Marley, Diana Ross, Muhammad Ali, Marvin Gaye, Band Aid, Rhianna,where they hung out
- Shebeens and the Black Panthers
- Portobello road and shebeens
- World War Two, Windrush, Segregation and Gentrification
- Frank Chrichlow, Darcus Howe legends of Black British Civil Rights
- Race, Class, Gender, Literature, Science and much, much more!
NB this walk was turned into a Pearson GCSE exam text book which is now being used in schools across the country. See below for image or click this link https://bit.ly/3GheiWd
- Black History Steam train tour
- Black History Bus Tour/ River Cruise
- Afeni Shakur and the trail of the Panther 21
- 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
- Fearless Windrush Women Speak out
- Champion boxers and businessmen of 1800s London
- Teaching Black British Writing in China:Professor Deidre Osborne
- Ismahil Blagrove season of films and books
- 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
- World Wars and Black soldiers. African Odysseys @BFI with Professor Patrick Vernon
- 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 screens educational, popular, anti-racist, films with Q&A’s . It regularly filled the BFI Southbank 450 seater at 2pm on Saturdays when cinemas are typically ‘dead’.The British Film Institute refused to answer 8 simple questions or meet the volunteers, then cancelled the programme so they could ‘cut costs and promote diversity’ HERE
African Odysseys continues to show films across London as can be seen HERE
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Meet point on REQUEST, Notting hill, London, United Kingdom
GBP 16.00
