Tag Archive | "Books"
Posted on 04 May 2011. Tags: Books, Slavery, Thames & Hudson, Walvin

When I was asked to review "The Slave Trade" By James Walvin, It was with some trepidation because I had read many books on the Slave Trade during my time as a student and expected some weighty and wordy tome. That would have to be waded through and then deciphered before I could even begin to think of writing ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Books, Caribbean, Education, Europe, Men, Slavery, Students, The Americas, Women
Posted on 18 September 2009. Tags: Africans in Britain, Black British History, Black Edwardians, Black Edwardians-Black people in Britain 1901-1914, Black London-Life before Emancipation, Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958, Books, Caribbean studies, England Affric-An Ethnological Survey, Staying Power-The History of Black people in Britain, colouring over the white Line

A reading list of books related to the ongoing black presence in Britain, Slavery, colonialism and black Settlement in the U.K
The list is by no means exhaustive!
Staying ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Black Writing, Books, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Health, Politics, Racism, Slavery
Posted on 29 March 2009. Tags: African American, Black, Blacks, Books, Brown, Death, Doctors, Education, History, Oklamhoma, Personalities, Politics, Racing, Racism, Students, University, equality, race, schools, segregation, street

Oklahoma and the country have lost a great man.John Hope Franklin, revered historian and tireless advocate for equality, died this morning of congestive heart failure. He was 94. FOX 23's Douglas Clark has more on Franklin's extraordinary life.
Friends describe him as someone ...
Posted in African American, Community, Law and Order, Politics, Racism, The Americas
Posted on 12 March 2009. Tags: Books, Brown, FOLA, Hackney, Women, ethnicity, street

This Mother's Day why not enjoy a variety show with all the family, a chance to celebrate Mothers Day and honour the phenomenal women in our lives. The evening will be hosted by Brenda Emmanus and Charlene White; featuring Caroll Thompson, Yolanda Brown, Felicity Ethnic , Donna Spence, Glenda Jaxson, Jackee Holder, Fola, Adelaide MacKenzie, ...
Posted in Africa
Posted on 10 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Africans, America, Americas, Art, Arts, Black, Blacks, Books, Caribbean, Caribbeans, Egypt, Health, History, Science, herbs, medicine, society

AFRICAN MEDICINE
The E-Book
This holistic health guide is the first book ever to disclose the closely guarded healing secrets of Yoruba priests. It covers the history, methods, and healing treatments of a 10,000 year old West African Tradition.
This amazing book consolidates African Spiritual Science and holistic healing into something comprehensive and usable everyday to help one ...
Posted in Africa
Posted on 06 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Africans, America, American, Americas, Black, Black History, Blacks, Books, Britain, British, Canada, Caribbean, Caribbeans, Community, Doctors, Egypt, Europe, Events, Exodusters, France, Guyana, Halifax, Health, History, Illegal, Kansas, Knights, Military, Music, News, North America, Notices, Parties, Personalities, Police, Prison, Racing, Racism, Racist, Trade, War, Washington, Women, children, farming, football, kids, negro, notice, president, race, schools, segregation, slaves, society, stories, street, violence

Black Canadians in Canada:
Total Population of Canada: 30+,000,000
Number of Black People living in Canada: 670,000
Percentage of Canadian Population that's Black: 2%
Percentage of the Black Canadian Population living in:
- Toronto - 47%
- Montreal - 20%
- Ottawa - 6%
- Vancouver - 3%
- Halifax - 2%
Where Black Canadians ...
Posted in Politics, The Americas
Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Black, Black British, Black History, Blacks, Books, Britain, British, England, English, History, London, Racism, Seacole, University, War, Women, equality, football, negro, reading lists, slaves, society

* Staying Power-The History of Black people in Britain by Peter Fryer (Pluto Press 1984)
* Black England-Life before Emancipation by Gretchen Gerzina (John Murray,1995)
* Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by Nigel File and chris Power (Heinemann,1981; reprinted 1995)
* Black Edwardians-Black people in Britain 1901-1914 by Jeffrey Green (Frank Cass 1998)
* Wonderful adventures of Mary Seacole ...
Posted in Black Britain, Books, Europe
Posted on 01 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africans, Afro German, America, American, Americas, Black, Blacks, Books, Entertainment, Europe, Films, Food, France, Germany, History, Holocaust, Israel, Murder, Parties, Prison, Racing, Soldiers, Trade, University, War, Women, allegations, children, entertainments, film, justice, race, stories


Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.
Posted in Africa, Black Blog Posts, Black History, Black History Month, Community, Education, Entertainment, Europe, Food, Job Vacancies, Men, Military, Racism, The Americas, War, Women