Four seminal Black films made at the beginning of the 1980s, on Tiger Bay, Leicester, Ladbroke Grove and Southall Struggles for Black Community, made for Channel 4 at the beginning of the 1980s, chart the milestones in Black people’s fight for justice – ‘race riots’ in Cardiff in post-war 1919, Notting Hill in 1958, Powell […]

More than sixty years after Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African nation to achieve independence, the vision of Kwame Nkrumah remains as powerful and relevant as ever. Nkrumah believed that political independence alone was not enough—that Africa’s true freedom could only be secured through continental unity. Join Black History Studies for an engaging and thought-provoking […]

Black History Studies presents the Sankofa Sunday Screening of ‘Ancestral Voices: Spirit is Eternal’ This educational documentary explores the breath and depth of African Indigenous Spiritual systems, connecting ancient to contemporary Africa and the Diaspora, it is the first to correlate and expound on the shared philosophies and practices across systems, proving them to be […]

Matt Diop’s film Dahomey delves into the timely issue of the restitution of African artefacts looted during colonial rule. Matt Diop’s film Dahomey delves into the timely issue of restituting African artefacts looted during colonial rule. The film documents the return journey of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey, which were taken by […]