SEE MY WORLD: Pan-African Legacies Heritage Trail

See My World brings a new heritage trail set to transform the streets of Manchester into a living archive, uncovering the city's vital role in the birth and evolution of Pan-Africanism.

A one-time hosted walking trail guided by local historian Linford Sweeney and rooted in the enduring legacy of the 1945 Pan-African Congress, the trail maps key sites across the city, connecting past and present through storytelling, memory, and place. From historic meeting points to overlooked landmarks, each stop reveals a chapter of Manchester’s deep and often underrepresented connection to history.

The trail will be split into two parts:

Part 1: Guided tour with Historian, Linford Sweeney

Meeting point: Grosvenor East Building, M15 6BG

Time: 3:30 PM

Part 2: Legacy Celebration

Meeting point: Kath Locke Centre, M15 5DD

Time: 6:00 PM

*If you are attending the first part, there will be a bus to take us from the trail to the Kath Locke Centre where food and refreshments will be provided.

This project acts as a community platform for the preservation of Manchester’s Pan-African history by embedding the stories and local memories of Manchester’s Black communities into Manchester’s streets. Ensuring that Black History and Pan-African heritage is not only remembered but actively experienced and passed on.

Linford Sweeney is a Black History Educator, Caribbean Genealoigist and published author. Over the past sixteen years he has delivered, nationally and internationally, Black history classes, workshops, and courses to the NHS, universities, colleges, schools, voluntary organisations, private companies, local authorities, and staff associations.

SEE MY WORLD is a series of Pan-African experiences delivering cultural events to Manchester's community.

If you have any physical access needs please contact [email protected] so we can accommodate appropriately.

This event is prodcued by Big People community CIC & Big People Music.

Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Lottery Community Fund and The University of Manchester.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

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