Join us this October for three events marking Black History Month. These events are free of charge and everyone is welcome from the university and the wider community.
You can download the Black History Month poster as a PDF:
Black History Month 2011 (PDF , 299kb)
Further printed copies are available from Dr Zoe Norridge: zoe.norridge@york.ac.uk
Ellen Banda-Aaku’s first novel, Patchwork, won the Penguin Prize for African Writing. Written through a child’s eyes, it follows the story of 9-year old Pumpkin and her life in Lusaka.
This book group offers the opportunity to meet the author and discuss her writing in an informal group setting. Please read the novel if you would like to attend. Copies are available from Blackwell Bookshop, Market Square, University of York.
A rare screening of Raoul Peck’s extraordinary film about Patrice Lumumba to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Lumumba was an anti-colonial leader and the first elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo. Dr Audrey Small from the University of Sheffield will introduce the film with an overview of cultural responses to Lumumba’s death.
Plus representatives from YUSU race equality.
For more about Black History Month and race equality at the University of York please contact: