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Fahim Sachedina, tells The Mancunion about the significance of Black and Ethnic Minorities Week which takes place across the university this week
This Black History Month, The Color Purple has audiences at The Lowry crying tears of both sadness and joy
Aileen Loftus reviews Cherie Jones’ debut novel How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House this Black History Month
Aayush Chadha reviews The Mountaintop at the Royal Exchange Theatre during Black History Month
Lemn Sissay, the Chancellor of UoM, tells us his thoughts on Black History Month, his job as Chancellor and writing his memoir
Black History Month: A brief insight into the life of the inventor of the smoke hood
Black history month: Henrietta Lacks and the importance of remembering the ethical injustices surrounding her story
Contributor Dominic Fung celebrates Black History Month by introducing you to Manchester’s best sunshine food. From Patties to Plantain and salt-fish to chicken splits, the Caribbean in the North is alive and delicious!
Contributor Elena Bradley celebrates Black History Month by detailing The Groundnut Cookbook, the book to celebrate Duval Timothy, Jacob Fodio Todd and Folayemi Brown’s supper club that brought the African food of their heritage to UK streets
As part of Black History Month Chess Bradley discusses the colourful art of outsider artist Pearl Alcock
As part of Black History Month, Chess Bradley discusses Tom Quayle’s beautiful, joyful images of the LGBTQI group Rainbow Noir
Kayleigh Crawford reviews Queens of Sheba, which is part of HOME’s Orbit Festival and Black History Month
As we continue our theme of black history month, this week Ellie Tivey talks to UoM senior lecturer Anindita Ghosh to discuss why history classrooms around the country are severely lacking in education on colonialism and how this is affecting our understandings of the world
Ahead of Black History Month, Deputy Features Editor Raine Beckford chats to the committee of the African Caribbean Society about their hopes for the coming weeks
To celebrate Black History Month, Alex Whitcomb explores the African new arrivals in cycling—MTN-Qhubeka
In comparing the prejudice faced by Jews and others to redheads, Diane Abbott has destroyed her anti-racist credentials and brought a miserable end to a remarkable legacy
We sat down with Belinda, founder of Bee Pedal Ready, to find out more about her projects helping women get into mechanics
Carner moves away from laid-back, mellow beats to intense, emotion driven tracks fuelled with deep political and personal thoughts in ‘hugo’
In anticipation of The Colour Purple coming to Manchester’s The Lowry this month, star Bree Smith discusses the musical, Black representation, and her love for the city
Maia Penny and Letycja Oczkowicz interview Nandi Padambo on what it’s like to be a black model in 2021