I was lucky enough to attend the slavery trail in Bristol, with only a small group we embarked on this journey where we would learn about slavery and its past. The four of us walked through Queen Square and heard all about the things that had taken place there and the people who were involved. There was [...]
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A Walk In the Park
Posted in Bristol, History, Politics, Research, facts and feelings, slave trade, slavery on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where I am Going
Posted in Bristol, History, Research, education, facts and feelings, maafa, multiculturalism, racism, slave trade, slavery on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A good question to ask is where am I going with this? what results am I looking for?, what will happen differently when the results are in? As a child I never celebrated black history, I dont remember much about any historical figures, I dont remember my mum, dad or granparents telling me about role models or heroes [...]
Where I’m coming from
Posted in Bristol, History, Research, education, facts and feelings, maafa, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Salama and i am 24 years old i am the fourth child of nine from my father and the first of two from my mother. As a child growing up i always felt that i didn’t recieve the black history i needed to support me with who i wanted to be, I am on [...]
Who am I in Bristol
Posted in Bristol, facts and feelings, tagged Bristol on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Being able to talk about slavery and Bristol made me really have to think about what i knew about the town i have been brought up in. I mentioned before that learning about Willie Lynch was the beginning of any understanding for me around why we as black people live the way we do. The self destruction [...]
Myths, Facts and Feelings?
Posted in 2007, Bristol, facts and feelings, maafa, slave trade, slavery, tagged abolition 200, Bristol, slave trade, slavery, transatlantic slave trade on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Myths and Facts
or
Facts and Feelings?
This working title for this book project is a bit problematic.
The idea of myths suggests something that is not ‘true’. Something that is a part of folklore, usually involving supernatural and celestial beings. The kind of ‘myth’ we are supposed to be dealing with here though is like:
Slaves were kept in [...]
The ‘myths and facts’ Project
Posted in Bristol, education, facts and feelings, slave trade, slavery on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The task is to make a book with community input into the process. The first part of this input was to go away for what one collaborator called a ‘co-creation’ exercise. A residential in Devon to and get immersed in the subject. Watched a film, wore our wellies, had some chats, ate some food, explored [...]
Culture Clash
Posted in Bristol, Politics, multiculturalism, racism, windrush on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Culture Clash franchise rolls on. Jamaicans in Bristol in the latest in the line of films that begin circa 2005. The first film was commissioned to look at conflicts between Somali and Caribbean heritage young men in the area. (An issue that has had history though does not prove to be a endemic problem. [...]
Myths and Facts…
Posted in Bristol, education, facts and feelings, slave trade, slavery, tagged Bristol, facts and feelings on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…Feelings and Opinions. Well however it goes, there is a book being published by the Bristol Race Forum that will try to address the myths and facts of the city and transatlantic slavery.
Slaves in Caves; Whiteladies Road; Blackboy Hill; “It’s all too long ago”; Cabot only traded pineapples… and a mix of prominent views and [...]
The Other Guy’s £250k’s worth
Posted in 2007, Bristol, Economics, Politics, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, media, slave trade, slavery on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE OTHER GUY!
DISCLAIMER: Too much of this entry is about finance, and doesn’t take account of human life and dignity neither past nor present. Apologies if it offends. It’s making a point about something which has been reduced to monetary values.
Given how much the Bristol Corporation (now Bristol City Council) and [...]
Dirty Laundry – Part 3 (Abolition 2007/2008….)
Posted in 2007, Africa, Bristol, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery on January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Have been away otherwise would have commented sooner on the £250,000 FOR SLAVERY COMMISSION story!
This is just a quickie response. More substantial ones to follow.
DISCLAIMER: SOME READERS MAY GET ANGRY ABOUT WHAT YOUR ARE ABOUT TO READ. THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO WRITE THIS BLOG SO IF YOU KNOW US, PLEASE AIM YOUR ANGER AT [...]
Census in Bristol of city’s Muslims
Posted in Bristol, tagged Islam on January 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Is it April 1st?
News is spreading of a mini-census to take place in Bristol that hopes to capture details every Muslim that lives within these fair gates.
If I was one of Bristol’s Muslims reading this news today I’d be stocking up on all the tinned food possible and living in my wardrobe for the next year until the [...]
Who the Hell is Edward Colston?
Posted in Africa, Bristol, abolition, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery, tagged animation, benifactors, Bristol, civic memorial, Edward Colston, hell, merchant venturers, plantation owners, slave trade, slavers, slavery, statue on January 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A new optimism in Bristol for the New Year! (unfortunately not in Eduication!)
Posted in Bristol, education, tagged education, Bristol, chewing gum, 'Chewing Gum Action Group, statistics, boffins, league tables on January 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Going ever so slightly ‘off-message’, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with race, culture, politics or education.
I was seduced by a fascinating and quite frankly bonkers statistic and just had to share it. But rather than just give you the naked statistic, I’ll give you the whole sentence.
“The amount of chewing gum being spat on to Bristol’s [...]
bristol 2007
Posted in 2007, Bristol, Politics, abolition, maafa, media, slave trade, slavery on December 30, 2007 | 7 Comments »
As the embers of the 2007 begin to fade into 2008, our reflections of the year that has been a commemoration of the slave trade abolition are filled with a mix of disappointment and optimism.Bristol, as one English city steeped in and materially enriched on the people-trafficking two centuries ago, has seen itself in the [...]
The last days of the British Empire
Posted in Africa, Bristol, education, multiculturalism, windrush, tagged abolition, Bristol, british empire and commonwealth museum, multiculturalism on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a blow to the cultural “offer” of the city that the Commonwealth museum is moving to London. In it’s short time in Bristol it has hosted a wealth of exhibitions and events that have aimed to raise poignant questions for the whole city; for those born here and for those born elsewhere.
That said, there are also [...]
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