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 [...]
Archive for the ‘facts and feelings’ Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
Category Cloud
-
Recent Posts
-
Recent Comments
rob on The power of an apology for a… shawn on What does Multiculturalism act… casey on What does Multiculturalism act… Bristol on Trevor handling reparatio… rob on Africans – by Nneka Pages
Tag Cloud
Meta
Archives
