My name is Sibia Akhtar and I am a MA History student at the University of Manchester. I want to interview British Muslims, for my thesis, via zoom or skype about the historical and contemporary experiences of being a British Muslim. My interviews will present what ordinary Muslims identify as pressing issues that affect them…
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‘Black women who have struggled to make our efforts possible’: Olive Morris and the Legacy of Black Power in Manchester
In the month of October we will be marking Black History Month by sharing a series of short essays written by four recent graduates of the History Department at the University of Manchester. These students were part of Kerry Pimblott’s third-year seminar on the Black Freedom Movement and were tasked with putting their new historical…
The Mangrove Nine
In the month of October we will be marking Black History Month by sharing a series of short posts written by four recent graduates of the History Department at the University of Manchester. These students were part of Dr Kerry Pimblott’s third-year seminar on the Black Freedom Movement and were tasked with putting their new…
The West Indian Gazette: A symbiotic dialogue between the local and the global
‘The Gazette represents the beginnings of an African-Caribbean political consciousness in Britain.’
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