Sunday, October 27, 2013
BHM 2013 Video Showcase | Grada Kilomba, Writer and Professor in Gender Studies
Black History Month 2013
Video Showcase
Grada Kilomba
Professor at the Humboldt Universität – Berlin, department of Gender Studies
Author of the book ‘Plantation Memories’
Video Source | YouTube.
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Saturday, October 26, 2013
BHM 2013 Spotlight | John Abraham Godson, Forerunner Of The Four Thousand

Black History Month 2013 Spotlight
John Abraham Godson
A Nigerian, John Abraham Godson became Poland’s first black Minister in 2010. His success has been hailed as a landmark in a country where there are just 4,000 black people.
Image Source | GoldenLine.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
BHM 2013 Video Showcase | Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Black History Month 2013
Video Showcase
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Barrister, Former Shadow Attorney General, Former Attorney General of England and Wales
Video Source | YouTube.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
BHM 2013 Video Showcase | Kanya King MBE, MOBO Awards Founder
Black History Month 2013
Video Showcase
Kanya King MBE
Founder of the MOBO Organisation and MOBO Awards
Video Source | YouTube.
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Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Event: Re-introducing Oshun | 7th – 17th October 2013
Re-introducing Oshun
An interdisciplinary project using photography, film, prose and objects to re-discover black women’s bodies as sacred places of intimacy, sensuality and beauty.
Featuring an all-female collective working within the mediums of movement, visual arts and poetry, 'Re-Introducing Oshun' demystifies the omnipresent gaze placed on black women's bodies by, "creating images of black women that look, talk, feel and love...
Stepping Out Of The Shadow To Show The World Our Own Inner Light

"... It's that
singular representation
of black people …
of black women
in society ...
It's that
feeling of being told
you're not
important enough
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Thursday, October 03, 2013
A Perspective: Being A Black Woman In Europe

"You know
it's only going to be
less than ten years
since we've had the
first black journalist
[Harry Roselmack]
on
mainstream
television."
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