STEPHEN LAWRENCE MURDER TRIAL
We were pleased to see the jailing of career criminals Gary Dobson and David Norris for ‘life’ for the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in April 1993. However, due to a disgusting history of police racism corruption and general incompetence it is sad it has taken so long to get even those minimal convictions. There is still the outstanding role of Luke Knight, Jamie and Neil Acourt. Within 48 hours of the killing the police had been given over two dozen separate pieces of information naming some or all of the five as suspects yet the police waited two weeks before approaching them giving them enough time to fix their alibis and dispose of clothes and weapons. The police destroyed crucial evidence because of their rampant hostility to Afrikans and because they were afraid their prejudice and incompetence would be revealed. Compare this with how the police deal with Afrikan suspects where they are quick to scrape up every friend, relative, social network and phone contact and charge them all with joint enterprise even if they weren’t even present at the scene of the crime. Afrikan men routinely get stopped and searched and arrested for ‘looking like’ a suspect with a description as vague as between 15-40 and height 5ft 4in to six foot.
We must not forget the treatment of the major witness to Stephen Lawrence’s murder Duwyane Brooks who is now a local councillor for Lewisham Council in south-east London. He has managed to make something out of his life despite the best attempts of the police, racists and the British legal system to criminalise him and ruin his future life prospects with absurd charges, harassment and incompetence. Duwayne was actually the first suspect as the police refused to believe his story that he and Stephen had been attacked by a white gang while innocently waiting for a bus. To the police there is no such thing as an innocent Afrikan male. It was so then and remains so today with Afrikan males still six times more likely to get stopped by the police through their prejudice, paranoia and malicious hatred.
Did Diane Abbott murder Stephen Lawrence? No, but we seem to be living in a parallel universe where even after the conviction of Dobson and Norris the British racism continued with the absurdity of Labour MP Diane Abbott (of all people) being accused of racism by malicious mischief-makers and those who are smarting at having had their racism exposed. Worst of all was that alongside the usual European anti-Afrikan suspects several Asians and Afrikans with little credible anti-racist credentials were quick to focus on her historically factual Tweet on the politics of British divide and rule over the last 400 years and deflect criticism away from the racist murderers and their confederates in the police and judicial system. Racism is white supremacy and Afrikans may discriminate or say things people find offensive but it is impossible for a non-European to be racist. Not only do some people have a long way to go there are many in British society who are still not ready emotionally, intellectually or politically to take even the first step on that journey. We will never forget the killings last year of Mark Duggan and Smiley Culture.
HELP SAVE CENTERPRISE
Centerprise Trust Ltd is under threat of closure from Hackney Council. On 20 Jan 2012 Centerprise will be at Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court to defend a possession hearing instituted by Hackney Council who claim to be owners of the building, 136-138 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS, our home from 1974.
Although Hackney Council bought the building it did so with a grant awarded to Centerprise. Although Hackney Council has agreed to mediation but not allowed time for any meaningful mediation to take place and are using the power of its legal purse to shut Centerprise down. In a few weeks all its work over the past 41 years will come to nothing. Mediation for 2 days will cost approximately £6,000. However, if you think this is expensive, the hearing itself will cost over £20,000. Centerprise does not have the funds for the mediation let alone, the hearing on 20 Jan.
For further details contact Emmanuel Amevor on 020 7254 9532, centerprisetrustltd@gmail.com or visit: www.centerprisetrust.org.uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKovIubKI5s You can sign the online petition at: www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/savecenterprise
Or write to the Mayor of Hackney: Jules.Pipe@hackney.gov.uk expressing your feelings and asking him what happened to the £50,000 grant awarded to Centerprise for the purchase of their building
FORTHCOMING NUBIART PROFILES
NUBIART: Focus on arts, business, education, health, political developments and the media.
JAN PROMO
~ ‘OFFSHORE ECHOES’ – Kristina (Patois Records – Out Now) Latin jazz singer and dancer Kristina drops a powerful selection of cover versions including the jazz classic ‘Tenderly’, the anti-gang violence of ‘Valentin’, Sting’s ‘Tea in the Sahara’ and the Samba-infused carnival tune ‘Ilu Aye’ - the Yoruba phrase means ‘the drum of the world’ but Kristina also links it to the semba fertility dance of Angola. The artwork by David Belove is completely captivating with a poignant poem by Ineda Platt Al-Amin, ‘What is a Brother?’ dedicated to Kristina’s memories of her late brother, Ronald Edward Platt.
She is backed some of San Francisco’s most celebrated musicians that includes trombonist and arranger and Wayne Wallace and pianist Frank Martin in a mix of Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Peruvian and Caribbean vibes. The album ends beautifully with a jazz-reggae version of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)’. However, the stand out track has got to be ‘Take Me To Aruanda’, most famously done by Astrud Gilberto. The song comes with an explanation of how Afrikans in Brazil - many originally from the Kongo-Angola region - would still hanker to escape the enslavement, brutality and grinding poverty they suffered in the Americas. Aruanda / Aruande was how many Afrikans pronounced Luanda, the Angolan capital which they viewed as heaven, The Promised Land…Freedom.
“There’s a land, Aruanda / Diamond sand, Aruanda / Silver stars on the hill top / Take me to Aruanda
“Lots of fish in the stream near / Lots of dangers to dream there / Golden sun in the valley / Take me to Aruanda
“There where nobody worries / There where nobody hurries / Easy life waving you’re welcome / Take me there
“Leave my sadness behind me / Let sweet paradise find me / Heaven waits over yonder / Take me to Aruanda.”
~ TEWESTA (REMEMBRANCE) – Addis Acoustic Project (World Village – Out Now) This is the debut album from the Addis Acoustic Project, led by guitarist and arranger Girum Mezmur, who update some of the popular Ethiopian hits of the 1950s and 1960s. This time round there is a Latin tinge alongside the styles made famous by the Ethiopiques series. The mandolin player and singer Ayele Mamo actually played on some of the originals alongside Tilahun Gessesse and Mahmoud Ahmed. He has his own composition ‘Kewedet Tegegnech (A Beauty Of Her Kind, Where Did She Emerge From?)’. Other songs include a version of Gessesse’s ‘Selam Yihoun Lehoulachin (Peace be Upon Us All)’ and ‘Yetintu Tiz Alegn (Remembering the Olden Days)’, Girma Negash’s ‘Yene Hassab (You Are My Thoughts)’ and ‘Enigenagnalen (We Shall Meet Again)’ and the Sudanese tunes ‘Mashema (We Walked)’ and ‘Fikir Ayarejim (Love Is Eternal)’ on which the legendary Ahmed Elmak appears.
We will only review books we have read and DVDs we have seen and that are available at reasonable prices online or in shops or libraries. However, given the nature and current state of Afrikan publishing and production there may be books and films on this list that are worth the extra effort to track down.
~ ‘REVOETRY: POEMS FROM AN AFRICAN BRITISH PERSPECTIVE’ – Toyin Agbetu. [Ligali. ISBN: 978-0-9543443-7-5]
“If my poetry is ‘nice’, / then I have failed in my mission…”
From ‘nice poem’
“I used to believe in democracy / ignoring all its hypocrisy / until one day I woke / and realised it was a mockery…”
From ‘the day the lied died’
An intelligent, thought-provoking and often very intimate collection of over 90 poems written throughout the last decade which mirrors almost exactly the period since Toyin decided to set up Ligali, the media monitoring project. The poems are divided into six sections touching on themes ranging across Maafa, Afrikan spirituality, state brutality, deaths in custody, identity, corruption, family life, love, relationships (and relationship breakdown) and healing. Unusually for a poetry book Toyin has helpfully provided extensive notes about the inspiration behind most of the poems and a picture gallery of books, records, events, people and organisations they relate to. ‘nice poem’ is dedicated to the Nigerian political and cultural activists Ken Saro-Wiwa and Chinua Achebe. ‘silence’ was written about the vulnerability of women to predatory male sexual behaviour - “…and as a woman cried, the community died.”
This is another essential publication from Ligali to go alongside their previous book ‘Ukweli: A Political and Spiritual Basis for Pan Africanism’ and their ‘Maafa’ DVD trilogy and ‘The Walk’ DVD about the aftermath of Toyin’s intervention at Westminster Abbey against the tone of the state-sanctioned Abolition commemorations in 2007. More info can be obtained from www.ligali.org
NUBIART DIARY
~ ‘THE STORY OF LOVERS ROCK’. Dir: Menelik Shabazz. Dur: 96 mins. Lovers Rock, often dubbed ‘romantic reggae’ is a uniquely Afrikan British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems. Live performance, comedy sketches, dance, interviews and archive shed light on the music and the generation that embraced it. Lovers Rock allowed young people to experience intimacy and healing through dance at parties and clubs. It developed into a successful sound with national UK hits and was influential to British bands. These influences underline the impact the music was making in bridging the multi-cultural gap that polarized the times. The film sheds light on a forgotten period of British music, social and political history. For venues across Britain check: http://www.loversrockthefilm.com
~ PCS IN ASSOCIATION WITH BLACK HISTORY STUDIES presents ‘Namibia: The Original Holocaust’. In remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of the Herero and Narma people. The Genocide of the Herero by the Germans is considered to be the first genocide in the 20th century. Learn about the events that led to the genocide and how this period links to Adolf Hitler and the theories of racial superiority and inferiority. On Mon 9 Jan at 6.45-9.30pm at the PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. Adm: £4. Tel / Fax: 020 8881 0660. Mobile: 07951 234 233. E-mail: info@blackhistorystudies.com Web: http://www.blackhistorystudies.com
~ THE LIBERATION 1838 CARIBBEAN HISTORY TRAINING DAYS. The events bring together specialists who will share their knowledge with teachers, students, parents with a view to improving our understanding and appreciation of Caribbean history. Presenters will include Cecil Gutzmore, Dr Kimani Nehusi, Rita Christian, Dr Keith Davidson, Dr June Alexis and Professor Clem Seecharan, all of whom are specialists with very many years of experience in the study of Caribbean history, literature and education. Topics for discussion include Sam Sharpe, Apprenticeship, Indentureship, the Afrikan Caribbean Family - from 1 Aug 1838 to the present date and the Morant Bay rebellion (including the comments of Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, John Stuart Mills, et al). On Sat 14 Jan at 2.30-4.30pm at Queen Mother Moore School, Nelsons Row, London, SW4 7JR & on Sun 15 Jan at 11am-4pm at Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Tottenham Green, London, N15 4RX. Adm: Free. Tel: 077 3727 1437.
~ PAM FRASER SOLOMON: RACE, POWER AND THE MEDIA An examination of the projected image of Afrikan history and culture and the devices that people have employed to revise the popular narrative. Pam has a long track record and has won awards working in theatre, radio and television including producing EastEnders, Holby City and the BBC2 documentary ‘Moira Stuart In Search Of Wilberforce’. On Mon 16 Jan at 6-7.30pm at Rm S265, 2nd Flr, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC2.
~ ‘THIN BLACK LINE(S): THE LEGACY OF BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS’
Put together by Tate curator Paul Goodwin and artist Lubaina Himid, MBE, ‘Thin Black Line(s)’ presents a selection of pieces drawn from three major exhibitions of Afrikan and Asian women artists curated by Himid in the early 1980s: ‘Five Black Women’ at the Africa Centre (1983); ‘Black Women Time Now’ at the Battersea Arts Centre (1983-84); and ‘The Thin Black Line’ at the Institute for Contemporary Art (1985). The display includes works by Sutapa Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Lubaina Himid, Claudette Johnson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Maud Sulter. Drawings, paintings, sculptures and photographs are showcased alongside a video documentary on the ‘Black Art’ scene and archival documents comprising of exhibition posters, invitations, letters, etc. In Britain, the Caribbean Artists Movement (1966-72) and the Black Art (1980s) have enabled Afrikan artists and intellectuals to retain ownership of the discourse on their arts and cultures. Until 18 Mar 2012 at Tate Britain, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG. Adm: Free. Tel: 020 7887 8888.
~ REEL TRINI fortnightly screenings. The new rendezvous for local film aficionados on Sundays at 5pm at Trevor’s Edge in St Augustine, Trinidad. Tel: 744-4956. E-mail: caribbeinginc@gmail.com
Contact Details
Kubara Zamani, Afrikan Quest International, PO Box 35165, London, SE5 8WU. Tel: 07811 494 969. E-mail: afrikanquest@hotmail.com Web: www.southwark.tv/quest/aqhome.asp
External Links
Afrikan Quest International
We were pleased to see the jailing of career criminals Gary Dobson and David Norris for ‘life’ for the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in April 1993. However, due to a disgusting history of police racism corruption and general incompetence it is sad it has taken so long to get even those minimal convictions. There is still the outstanding role of Luke Knight, Jamie and Neil Acourt. Within 48 hours of the killing the police had been given over two dozen separate pieces of information naming some or all of the five as suspects yet the police waited two weeks before approaching them giving them enough time to fix their alibis and dispose of clothes and weapons. The police destroyed crucial evidence because of their rampant hostility to Afrikans and because they were afraid their prejudice and incompetence would be revealed. Compare this with how the police deal with Afrikan suspects where they are quick to scrape up every friend, relative, social network and phone contact and charge them all with joint enterprise even if they weren’t even present at the scene of the crime. Afrikan men routinely get stopped and searched and arrested for ‘looking like’ a suspect with a description as vague as between 15-40 and height 5ft 4in to six foot.
We must not forget the treatment of the major witness to Stephen Lawrence’s murder Duwyane Brooks who is now a local councillor for Lewisham Council in south-east London. He has managed to make something out of his life despite the best attempts of the police, racists and the British legal system to criminalise him and ruin his future life prospects with absurd charges, harassment and incompetence. Duwayne was actually the first suspect as the police refused to believe his story that he and Stephen had been attacked by a white gang while innocently waiting for a bus. To the police there is no such thing as an innocent Afrikan male. It was so then and remains so today with Afrikan males still six times more likely to get stopped by the police through their prejudice, paranoia and malicious hatred.
Did Diane Abbott murder Stephen Lawrence? No, but we seem to be living in a parallel universe where even after the conviction of Dobson and Norris the British racism continued with the absurdity of Labour MP Diane Abbott (of all people) being accused of racism by malicious mischief-makers and those who are smarting at having had their racism exposed. Worst of all was that alongside the usual European anti-Afrikan suspects several Asians and Afrikans with little credible anti-racist credentials were quick to focus on her historically factual Tweet on the politics of British divide and rule over the last 400 years and deflect criticism away from the racist murderers and their confederates in the police and judicial system. Racism is white supremacy and Afrikans may discriminate or say things people find offensive but it is impossible for a non-European to be racist. Not only do some people have a long way to go there are many in British society who are still not ready emotionally, intellectually or politically to take even the first step on that journey. We will never forget the killings last year of Mark Duggan and Smiley Culture.
HELP SAVE CENTERPRISE
Centerprise Trust Ltd is under threat of closure from Hackney Council. On 20 Jan 2012 Centerprise will be at Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court to defend a possession hearing instituted by Hackney Council who claim to be owners of the building, 136-138 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS, our home from 1974.
Although Hackney Council bought the building it did so with a grant awarded to Centerprise. Although Hackney Council has agreed to mediation but not allowed time for any meaningful mediation to take place and are using the power of its legal purse to shut Centerprise down. In a few weeks all its work over the past 41 years will come to nothing. Mediation for 2 days will cost approximately £6,000. However, if you think this is expensive, the hearing itself will cost over £20,000. Centerprise does not have the funds for the mediation let alone, the hearing on 20 Jan.
For further details contact Emmanuel Amevor on 020 7254 9532, centerprisetrustltd@gmail.com or visit: www.centerprisetrust.org.uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKovIubKI5s You can sign the online petition at: www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/savecenterprise
Or write to the Mayor of Hackney: Jules.Pipe@hackney.gov.uk expressing your feelings and asking him what happened to the £50,000 grant awarded to Centerprise for the purchase of their building
FORTHCOMING NUBIART PROFILES
NUBIART: Focus on arts, business, education, health, political developments and the media.
JAN PROMO
~ ‘OFFSHORE ECHOES’ – Kristina (Patois Records – Out Now) Latin jazz singer and dancer Kristina drops a powerful selection of cover versions including the jazz classic ‘Tenderly’, the anti-gang violence of ‘Valentin’, Sting’s ‘Tea in the Sahara’ and the Samba-infused carnival tune ‘Ilu Aye’ - the Yoruba phrase means ‘the drum of the world’ but Kristina also links it to the semba fertility dance of Angola. The artwork by David Belove is completely captivating with a poignant poem by Ineda Platt Al-Amin, ‘What is a Brother?’ dedicated to Kristina’s memories of her late brother, Ronald Edward Platt.
She is backed some of San Francisco’s most celebrated musicians that includes trombonist and arranger and Wayne Wallace and pianist Frank Martin in a mix of Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Peruvian and Caribbean vibes. The album ends beautifully with a jazz-reggae version of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)’. However, the stand out track has got to be ‘Take Me To Aruanda’, most famously done by Astrud Gilberto. The song comes with an explanation of how Afrikans in Brazil - many originally from the Kongo-Angola region - would still hanker to escape the enslavement, brutality and grinding poverty they suffered in the Americas. Aruanda / Aruande was how many Afrikans pronounced Luanda, the Angolan capital which they viewed as heaven, The Promised Land…Freedom.
“There’s a land, Aruanda / Diamond sand, Aruanda / Silver stars on the hill top / Take me to Aruanda
“Lots of fish in the stream near / Lots of dangers to dream there / Golden sun in the valley / Take me to Aruanda
“There where nobody worries / There where nobody hurries / Easy life waving you’re welcome / Take me there
“Leave my sadness behind me / Let sweet paradise find me / Heaven waits over yonder / Take me to Aruanda.”
~ TEWESTA (REMEMBRANCE) – Addis Acoustic Project (World Village – Out Now) This is the debut album from the Addis Acoustic Project, led by guitarist and arranger Girum Mezmur, who update some of the popular Ethiopian hits of the 1950s and 1960s. This time round there is a Latin tinge alongside the styles made famous by the Ethiopiques series. The mandolin player and singer Ayele Mamo actually played on some of the originals alongside Tilahun Gessesse and Mahmoud Ahmed. He has his own composition ‘Kewedet Tegegnech (A Beauty Of Her Kind, Where Did She Emerge From?)’. Other songs include a version of Gessesse’s ‘Selam Yihoun Lehoulachin (Peace be Upon Us All)’ and ‘Yetintu Tiz Alegn (Remembering the Olden Days)’, Girma Negash’s ‘Yene Hassab (You Are My Thoughts)’ and ‘Enigenagnalen (We Shall Meet Again)’ and the Sudanese tunes ‘Mashema (We Walked)’ and ‘Fikir Ayarejim (Love Is Eternal)’ on which the legendary Ahmed Elmak appears.
Revoetry: Poems from an African British Perspective by Toyin Agbetu
NUBIART LIBRARY – JAN MEDIA
We will only review books we have read and DVDs we have seen and that are available at reasonable prices online or in shops or libraries. However, given the nature and current state of Afrikan publishing and production there may be books and films on this list that are worth the extra effort to track down.~ ‘REVOETRY: POEMS FROM AN AFRICAN BRITISH PERSPECTIVE’ – Toyin Agbetu. [Ligali. ISBN: 978-0-9543443-7-5]
“If my poetry is ‘nice’, / then I have failed in my mission…”
From ‘nice poem’
“I used to believe in democracy / ignoring all its hypocrisy / until one day I woke / and realised it was a mockery…”
From ‘the day the lied died’
An intelligent, thought-provoking and often very intimate collection of over 90 poems written throughout the last decade which mirrors almost exactly the period since Toyin decided to set up Ligali, the media monitoring project. The poems are divided into six sections touching on themes ranging across Maafa, Afrikan spirituality, state brutality, deaths in custody, identity, corruption, family life, love, relationships (and relationship breakdown) and healing. Unusually for a poetry book Toyin has helpfully provided extensive notes about the inspiration behind most of the poems and a picture gallery of books, records, events, people and organisations they relate to. ‘nice poem’ is dedicated to the Nigerian political and cultural activists Ken Saro-Wiwa and Chinua Achebe. ‘silence’ was written about the vulnerability of women to predatory male sexual behaviour - “…and as a woman cried, the community died.”
This is another essential publication from Ligali to go alongside their previous book ‘Ukweli: A Political and Spiritual Basis for Pan Africanism’ and their ‘Maafa’ DVD trilogy and ‘The Walk’ DVD about the aftermath of Toyin’s intervention at Westminster Abbey against the tone of the state-sanctioned Abolition commemorations in 2007. More info can be obtained from www.ligali.org
NUBIART DIARY
~ ‘THE STORY OF LOVERS ROCK’. Dir: Menelik Shabazz. Dur: 96 mins. Lovers Rock, often dubbed ‘romantic reggae’ is a uniquely Afrikan British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems. Live performance, comedy sketches, dance, interviews and archive shed light on the music and the generation that embraced it. Lovers Rock allowed young people to experience intimacy and healing through dance at parties and clubs. It developed into a successful sound with national UK hits and was influential to British bands. These influences underline the impact the music was making in bridging the multi-cultural gap that polarized the times. The film sheds light on a forgotten period of British music, social and political history. For venues across Britain check: http://www.loversrockthefilm.com
~ PCS IN ASSOCIATION WITH BLACK HISTORY STUDIES presents ‘Namibia: The Original Holocaust’. In remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of the Herero and Narma people. The Genocide of the Herero by the Germans is considered to be the first genocide in the 20th century. Learn about the events that led to the genocide and how this period links to Adolf Hitler and the theories of racial superiority and inferiority. On Mon 9 Jan at 6.45-9.30pm at the PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. Adm: £4. Tel / Fax: 020 8881 0660. Mobile: 07951 234 233. E-mail: info@blackhistorystudies.com Web: http://www.blackhistorystudies.com
~ THE LIBERATION 1838 CARIBBEAN HISTORY TRAINING DAYS. The events bring together specialists who will share their knowledge with teachers, students, parents with a view to improving our understanding and appreciation of Caribbean history. Presenters will include Cecil Gutzmore, Dr Kimani Nehusi, Rita Christian, Dr Keith Davidson, Dr June Alexis and Professor Clem Seecharan, all of whom are specialists with very many years of experience in the study of Caribbean history, literature and education. Topics for discussion include Sam Sharpe, Apprenticeship, Indentureship, the Afrikan Caribbean Family - from 1 Aug 1838 to the present date and the Morant Bay rebellion (including the comments of Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, John Stuart Mills, et al). On Sat 14 Jan at 2.30-4.30pm at Queen Mother Moore School, Nelsons Row, London, SW4 7JR & on Sun 15 Jan at 11am-4pm at Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Tottenham Green, London, N15 4RX. Adm: Free. Tel: 077 3727 1437.
~ PAM FRASER SOLOMON: RACE, POWER AND THE MEDIA An examination of the projected image of Afrikan history and culture and the devices that people have employed to revise the popular narrative. Pam has a long track record and has won awards working in theatre, radio and television including producing EastEnders, Holby City and the BBC2 documentary ‘Moira Stuart In Search Of Wilberforce’. On Mon 16 Jan at 6-7.30pm at Rm S265, 2nd Flr, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC2.
~ ‘THIN BLACK LINE(S): THE LEGACY OF BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS’
Put together by Tate curator Paul Goodwin and artist Lubaina Himid, MBE, ‘Thin Black Line(s)’ presents a selection of pieces drawn from three major exhibitions of Afrikan and Asian women artists curated by Himid in the early 1980s: ‘Five Black Women’ at the Africa Centre (1983); ‘Black Women Time Now’ at the Battersea Arts Centre (1983-84); and ‘The Thin Black Line’ at the Institute for Contemporary Art (1985). The display includes works by Sutapa Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Lubaina Himid, Claudette Johnson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Maud Sulter. Drawings, paintings, sculptures and photographs are showcased alongside a video documentary on the ‘Black Art’ scene and archival documents comprising of exhibition posters, invitations, letters, etc. In Britain, the Caribbean Artists Movement (1966-72) and the Black Art (1980s) have enabled Afrikan artists and intellectuals to retain ownership of the discourse on their arts and cultures. Until 18 Mar 2012 at Tate Britain, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG. Adm: Free. Tel: 020 7887 8888.
~ REEL TRINI fortnightly screenings. The new rendezvous for local film aficionados on Sundays at 5pm at Trevor’s Edge in St Augustine, Trinidad. Tel: 744-4956. E-mail: caribbeinginc@gmail.com
Contact Details
Kubara Zamani, Afrikan Quest International, PO Box 35165, London, SE5 8WU. Tel: 07811 494 969. E-mail: afrikanquest@hotmail.com Web: www.southwark.tv/quest/aqhome.asp
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