Thursday 18th in the Guildhall saw the official launch of Black History Month 2007.
Various guests gave presentations on their background and upbringing, and food and drink from a range of places and cultures was available to all who attended.
Don’t worry if you missed it; we took some photos, which you can see here. A few more are available in a photo gallery on the Council website.
Visit the photo gallery to see more, larger photos.
Timetable
All screenings will be held at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse Cinema
except the 2nd and 3rd November (which are at New Hall)
The events at New Hall, University of Cambridge, on 2 and 3 November,
focus on the theme of women in African cinema.
Visit www.newhall.cam.ac.uk/events/#Film for more information.
Admission to New Hall is free – all welcome.
FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER, see above ———————————————————————-
SATURDAY 3 NOVEMBER, see above —————————————————————-
SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER, 5.00 FARO: GODDESS OF THE WATERS (15) —————-
FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER,5.00 BLACK GOLD (U) —————————————————–
SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER, 3.00 OUR WORLD IN ZANZIBAR (15) *Director present —-
———————————————— JUJU FACTORY (15) —————————————-
SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 3.00 TESTAMENT (15) (Film TBC) ——————————–
FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 5.00 TENGERS (15) ——————————————————
SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 3.00 MANY WORDS FOR MODERN (15) *Director present
———————————————— CITY OF DREAMS (15) ————————————-
SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 5.00 DARATT (15) *Director present——————————-
SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 3.00 —————————————————————————
——————— AS OLD AS MY TONGUE: THE MYTH AND LIFE OF BI KIDUDE (15)
FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER, 5.00 WHO’S AFRAID OF NGUGI? (15) *Director present———
SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 3.00 CEDDO (15) —————————————————-
SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER, 3.00 RETURN TO GOREE (15) ————————————-
The festival thanks the Arts Picturehouse, Screen East, New Hall, Cambridge City Council, the Centre for African Studies, Smuts Fund and Trinity College for their generous support. Our partner festival is the Edinburgh Africa-In-Motion African Film Festival 2007.
What do the following have in common?
Allama Iqbal, Zadie Smith, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Dianne Abbott MP, Jahawarial Nehru, Rt. Rev. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, Amartya Sen, Nelson Mandela, Thandie Newton, George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower)
Answer — they have all either lived or worked in Cambridge,
Friday, October 12, 2007
OUR WORLD IN A DAY: LAUNCH OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXHIBITION
On 18th October as part of Black History Month, Cambridge City Council will be opening to the public an exhibition celebrating the diversity of Cambridge both past and present.
In partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council, the University of Cambridge, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, and Q103fm, the City Council is hosting ‘Our World in a Day’ exhibition in the Guildhall. The Mayor Jenny Bailey will join Rob Hammond, Chief Executive of Cambridge City Council in formally opening the exhibition. Staff from both councils will join a diverse range of community groups and organisations to celebrate their cultural backgrounds, with photographs, histories, food and artefacts from different parts of the world. Members of the public are invited to record where they were born on a large map to underline the diverse nature of people that makes Cambridge such a vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
Joining the event will be local charities CAMFED and SOS Children to highlight their work with children overseas. Other organisations will display their work in the community. There will also be a special display ‘Americans in Cambridge’ highlighting the impact of Americans made on the City during World War Two.
Rob Hammond, Chief Executive of Cambridge City Council stated, “As a city, we should appreciate how different and dynamic cultural currents are always changing the way we live in an increasingly diverse community. This exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to remind ourselves of the important contribution of people from diverse backgrounds to shaping Cambridge as a place and its place in the world.”
Besides the many stalls and displays, food will be available courtesy of Sweet & Spicy, and First Teas of Cambridge will provide a range of teas from around the world.
The public are welcome to come along on the 18th to the big hall in Guildhall. The exhibition will be open from 11am to 3pm, with the launch at 12 noon. The displays that make up the ‘Our World in a Day’ exhibition will be open to the public until the end of October outside the Council Chamber in the Guildhall.
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For further information please contact Sigrid Fisher, Strategy Officer, Strategy & Partnerships, Cambridge City Council email Sigrid.Fisher@cambridge.gov.uk or contact Shahzad A. Jan, Corporate Marketing and Communications Officer email Shahzad.Jan@cambridge.gov.uk
| Date | Event | Venue |
| Friday 21st September – Sunday 20th January | Ethiopian Encounters: A British Expedition to Ethopia in the 1840s | Shiba Gallery (Gallery 14), the Fitzwilliam Museum. |
| 29th September | Unison Trip to Liverpool, International Slavery Museum | . |
| Monday 1st October | Our Stories: Film and photographic exhibition of older people. Launch event. 10am -2pm. Contact Sally Roden for further details 01223 517523 | The Guildhall |
| Throughout October | Our Stories: Film and photographic exhibition of older people | Cambridge and County Folk Museum |
| Tuesday 2nd October to Monday 31st December | Celebrating Ghana: 50 Years of Independence. Free, children welcome | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Saturday 6th October | Community Launch of BHM ‘Set it Off’: Bicentenary Party, 12pm – 4pm. Free family event. Tel Ari/Della 01223 457876/07840 152520. | Brown’s Field Community Centre |
| Monday 8th October to Saturday 13th October> | >Exhibition on Abolitionists: Wilberforce, Clarkson and Equiano. Free event. Tel 01223 765807 for further details and linked talk. Daily 9am – 5pm, except Saturday 9am – 11am | Great St. Mary’s Church |
| Monday 29th October | As above, 1pm – 5.30pm | Addenbrooke’s Hospital Boardroom |
| Tuesday 30th October | As above, 10am – 4pm | Addenbrooke’s Hospital Treatment Centre Atrium |
| t.b.c. after 13th October | BME Consultation/social event | t.b.c |
| Tuesday 16th and 23rd October | Sub-Urbanite: Celebration of Asian and Black music. Supported by Cambridge University union groups. | The Soul Tree 1-6 Corn Exchange Street |
| Thursday 18th October | Our World in a Day: Cambridge City Council will be hosting an event on Thursday 18th October to celebrate the diversity of all our staff. Rob Hammond, Chief Executive will launch the event which will be hosted by the City Council’s Black and Minority Ethnic Stagg Group. This is a free event open to everyone. | The Guildhall |
| Tuesday 23rd October to Sunday 27th January | Art and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain: The exhibition will include an examination of slavery and its abolition with support from Cambridge University Press and the Marlay Group. | Mellon Gallery (Gallery 13), The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Saturday 27th October | Akashi Festival, 2pm – 6pm. Free entry | Junction (Shed) |
| Saturday 27th October | Should we bother with Black History Month? Debate and audience participation. 2pm – 3pm. Free entry 16+ | Seminar Room (35), the Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Sunday 28th October | The Bharat Bhavan Cambridge Toujours Afrique presents Ali Baba Bangoura: Experience and learn West African drumming, dance and song with Ali Baba Bangoura maitre Djembe Fola (master drummer) from Guinee Conakry, West Africa. £10, 11am – 4pm. For more info and booking please call Lucas on 07790 996845 | Bharat Bavan Cambridge |
| Monday 29th October | What has Black Athena done for Classics? The Faculty of Classics will be holding an Ancient History seminar. 5.15pm | Room G.2, Faculty of Classics |
| Monday 29th October | "Slavery and Emancipation: Olaudah Equiano and the African Abolitionists", Dr Hakim Adi 5.30pm. Free. | Pitt Building, Trumpington Street |
| Tuesday 30th October | Reimagining the Black Power Movement: Peniel Joseph – Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 5pm | History Faculty, Sidgwick Site, West Rd, Cambridge |
| Friday 2nd November | Lavasplash! Little D Promotions Presents: ‘Back 2 Skool Penthouse Party’ King Erruption Sound playing reggae dancehall and soca! Dress cose: School uniform. Over 18s bring I.D. 10pm -3am | The Soul Tree 1-6 Corn Exchange Street |
| Every Friday night | The Lavashow; Caribbean Community Radio Programme, 9pm to 11pm | 209Radio |
| Friday 2nd November | 6th Cambridge African Film Festival presents Women in African Cinema; Zanzibar Soccer Queens (15) 8.15pm, admission free | Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, University of Cambridge |
| Saturday 3rd November | 6th Cambridge African Film Festival presents Sisters-In-Law (15) 3.00pm, admission free | Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, University of Cambridge |
| Saturday 3rd November | 6th Cambridge African Film Festival presents Moolaade (15) 8.00pm, admission free | Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, University of Cambridge |
| Saturday 3rd November | Wax and Gold Writing Workshop: Led by Yalew Kebede, lecturer in Amharic and Ethiopian Culture at SOAS, London 1.30pm to 4.30pm. £10 (£8 concessions). Booking essential, tel 01223 332904 or email the Fitzwilliam Museum. | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Education Studio |
| Wednesday 7th November | Ethopian Encounters: A British expedition to the highlands of Ethiopia in the 1840’s: Talk by Simon Keynes and Jane Munro, exhibition organisers and catalogue authors. Free entry. 1.15pm – 1.45pm | The Shilba Gallery (Gallery 13), The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Friday 9th November | "The changing face of Slavery" by Andrew Clark, Chairman of Anti-Slavery International, 5pm. Open to all. Contact Duncan Dormor, St John’s College, djd28@cam.ac.uk | Palmerston Room, Fisher Building , St. John’s College |
| Monday 12th November | My reflections on American Politics, Past, Present and Portents for the Future: Doug Wilder, the grandson of slaves and the first African-American to be elected as a governor of a US State. Governor of Virginia 1990-94 and currently Mayor or Richmond, Virginia. | Latimer Room, Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge |
| Thursday 15th November | Qene ancient methods of study in Ethiopia: Talk by John Binns, Vicar of Great St. Mary’s Church, 1.15pm – 1.45pm | Seminar Room, The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Saturday 17th November | Snap Shots: a family activity. 10am – 1pm £6 per child. Booking essential, tel 01223 332904 or email the Fitzwilliam Museum. | The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Wednesday 21st November | Am I not a man and a brother? Josiah Wedgwood’s Campaign Button: Free talk 1.15pm – 1.45pm | Mellon Gallery, The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Thursday 22nd November | Wilfred Thesiger in Ethiopia: Talk by Alexander Maitland, author of ‘Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer’. Free entry. 1.15pm – 1.45pm. | Seminar Room, The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| tbc | World Dance Day. Free entry. Contact Lexzecia Cayneeo 07920 210959 for further details. | Arbury Community Centre |
| Thursday 29th November | Tewodros II, the Barefoot Emperor; tales and travels form the Ethiopian Highlands 6pm – 8pm. £7.50. Booking essestial. Conatct Anna Lloyd-Griffiths, tel 01223 764362 or email akl32@cam.ac.uk | Courtyard, The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Wednesday 3rd October | Slave Trade Abolition in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk (STACS). Click here for more details on this project. 6.45pm – 8.45 pm, free tickets available 01223 511511. | Junction 2: the Shed, Clifton Way, Cambridge |
| Every Sunday | Street Style Dance 1pm – 2pm, all ages and abilities, hip-hop, RnB, crunk & dancehall. Contact Lll D on 07840 152520 | Chesterton Sports Centre |
All seminars will begin at 5pm in the Seminar Room, Mond Building, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RF. Contact da211@cam.ac.uk or phone 01223 334396
| Monday 22nd October | Blaming the Father: De-industrialisation and witchraft in South Africa, by Dr. Isak Niehaus (Brunel University) |
| Monday 29th October | Seminar led by Ms Llana van Wyk (SOAS). Details to be confirmed. |
| Monday 5th November | Missionaries and Africans in the making of Colonial Knowledge: An outline of’Research in Progress’ by Professor David Maxwell (Keele University) |
| Monday 12th November | Putting God in Place! New Religious (Pentecostal) Imaginaries, Emplacement and the Rubric of Public Culture in Africa and the African Diaspora: by Dr. Afe Adogame (University of Edinburgh) |
| Monday 19th November | Interrogating public sphere and popular culture as theoretical concepts:on their value in African Studies; by Ms Wendy Williams (SOAS) |
| Monday 26th November | Recent Developments in African Christianity, by Professor Paul Gifford (SOAS) |
Welcome to Cambridge Black History Month’s blog. This is our first post.
