Black History Month

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

Book group with Ellen Banda-Aaku

18.15 Monday October 17th, Treehouse (Berrick Saul Building)

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.

Film screening of Lumumba, introduced by Dr Audrey Small

18.30 Monday October 24th, Bowland Auditorium (Berrick Saul Building)

A rare screening of Raoul Peck’s extraordinary film about Patrice Lumumba to commemorate the 50^th 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.

Black Identity in Education

18.15 Monday October 31st, BS/008 (Berrick Saul Building)

A series of talks followed by a discussion about black identity in education. Speakers include:

Chris Barnett – a PhD student in the Department of Education currently researching positive black role models in schools
Dr Keon West – a Jamaican social psychologist at the University of Leeds researching intergroup relations
Richard Borowski – Co-ordinator of the Leeds Schools Africa Project at the Centre for African Studies, University of Leeds (www.polis.leeds.ac.uk/lucas/schools-africa-project/)
Felix Olakulehin - a PhD student in the Department of Education (Leeds) and a participant in the Leeds Schools Africa Project
Rebekah Phiri, Co-Chair of the University of York African Caribbean Society

Plus representatives from YUSU race equality.