This timeline is pretty useful. For history in an British school or education system. They are right of course, those who would argue it’s Eurocentric. Though no reason to dismiss it. It’s good for passing history exams in this country true enough! And it gives good references points for orienting our heads around annals of [...]
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his tory
Posted in multiculturalism, tagged Bristol, slave trade, slavery, transatlantic slave trade on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 'Chewing Gum Action Group, boffins, Bristol, chewing gum, education, league tables, statistics 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 [...]
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 [...]
Something to Celebrate?? contd. – Whitefolk
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, multiculturalism, slavery, tagged abolition 200, Bristol, slave trade, slavery on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A POLEMIC
One noticeable thing about this year and the open debate about the suffering of black people, has been the increased irritation of some white-folk.
Mainly because they can’t see why all the attention should be placed on people who, to them, have have only just arrived. Especially if they have similar basic needs too. A [...]
Representation and Bristol’s approach to acknowledging slavery history
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, media, racism, slavery, tagged Bristol, representation, slave trade, slavery on November 16, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Bristol and the slave trade is a complex web as I feel it’s a heady mixture of the need for acknowledgment and recognition of the impact & legacy / the need to seperate fact from myth and the lack of evidence thereof / and the very human emotional need for healing and the effects on identity.
When [...]
Afrikan Education (Something to Celebrate?…contd.)
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, education, maafa, slave trade, slavery, tagged Afrocentrism, Bristol, History, John Lynch, maafa on November 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Afrikan education was another thing missed on this trip.
As the home of the John Lynch Afrikan Education Project, and with the visits of Ligali to the city, there is always going to be an opportunity for Bristol’s African people to explore an Africentric worldview.
In this world, African people have history. Big history! And soul-healing and liberation will come from [...]
Something to celebrate?
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, slave trade, slavery, tagged , Bristol, british empire and commonwealth museum, Paul Stephenson on November 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This is a good time to start blogging on the Bristol 2007 commeration. It is after Black History Month, and coming to the end of the the 2007 year. The Bristol 2007 site has languished for some time due to lack of inspiration and the headache of hosting a site.
Why today to start this? Because yesterday I attended a meeting [...]
Pondering the year so far…
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, media, slave trade, tagged abolition, Bristol, slave trade on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My reflection of the (so called) abolition year so far, is that I wonder how many sympathetic and unsympathetic people would admit to having ’slave trade fatigue’.
I say that because, even as a (hopefully) conscious proud African who takes very seriously the need for African history to be leant and African stories to be told, [...]
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