http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-cleo-laine/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-cleo-laine/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:37:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2491 Cleo Laine was one of Britains Biggest names in Jazz. She was part of the hugely successful British band led by the acclaimed John Dankworth. Cleo Laine had modest beginnings as a singer in English dance halls, She has gone on to achieve international fame by continually expanding her talents in a career which spans [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-cleo-laine/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/jamaican-easter-traditions-steeped-in-culture-and-history/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/jamaican-easter-traditions-steeped-in-culture-and-history/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:26:29 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=748 KINGSTON, Jamaica – While American families hide colored eggs and eat chocolate bunnies, Jamaica’s tradition of eating Easter bun and cheese, fortune telling and Carnival are the ways this island celebrates this holiday period. COMMON EASTER TRADITIONS Easter egg predictions One of Jamaica’s long established practices is the setting of an egg to predict one’s [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/jamaican-easter-traditions-steeped-in-culture-and-history/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/def-jam-poetry-daniel-beaty-knock-knock/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/def-jam-poetry-daniel-beaty-knock-knock/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:43:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=214 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nktBsI0PYPs This link was shared with me by a Friend on Facebook.  I share it with you all now.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/def-jam-poetry-daniel-beaty-knock-knock/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-british-history-some-light-reading/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-british-history-some-light-reading/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:43:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=113 * 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-british-history-some-light-reading/feed/ 0