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Black History Month 2009

Posted: 4th Oct 2009

In the United Kingdom, Black History Month is celebrated throughout the month of October. 

The origins of Black History Month goes back to 1926, when Carter G Woodson; editor of Negro History established African Caribbean celebrations in America during the month of February each year.

Here in the UK, Akyaaba Addai Sebbo who worked for the Greater London Council established the event back in 1987. He is viewed as the person who founded Black History Month here in Britain.

During the month of October the aim has always been to promote the people of African and Caribbean origin into knowledge of Black history and experience, circulate information on positive Black contributions to British Society, and heighten the confidence and awareness of Black people in their cultural heritage.

Fundamentally it’s a month were we should educate others and ourselves about the forgotten heroes and stories that we never got taught at school.

Events in London throughout October 2009:

• Monday 5th October 2009- Before The Slave Trade Presentation at the African Caribbean Library, Clapham

• Tuesday 6th October 2009- The Civilisation of the Moors in Africa and Spain at the PCS Learning Centre, Victoria
  

• Thursday 8th October 2009- Ancient Egypt and the Origin of Science and Technology at the Marcus Garvey Library, Tottenham

• Friday 9th October 2009- The Black presence in Britain before 1948 at Stanley Hall, Norwood
  

• Monday 12th October 2009- The Amazing History of Black People in Britain at the PCS Headquarters, Clapham

• Tuesday 13th October 2009- The Black presence in Britain in Britain before 1948 at Ealing Central Library, Ealing
  

• Tuesday 13th October 2009- ‘Marcus Garvey, Walter Rodney and Rastafari’ at the PCS Learning Centre, Victoria

• Thursday 15th October 2009- Sub Saharan African and Black American contributions to Science and Technology at the Marcus Garvey Library, Tottenham
  

• Friday 16th October 2009- Queens and Great women=2 0of Ancient and Mediaeval Africa at the African Caribbean Library, Clapham

• Monday 19th October 2009- The Black presence in Britain in Britain before 1948 at the Enfield Homes, Edmonton
  

• Tuesday 20th October 2009- The Haitian Revolution at the PCS Learning Centre, Victoria

• Tuesday 20th October 2009- Who were the Ancient Egyptians? at Ealing Central Library, Ealing
  

• Wednesday 21st October 2009- ‘Slavery is not our history!’ at the PCS Learning Centre, Victoria

• Thursday 22nd October 2009- Magnificent traditions of Ancient African arts and crafts at the Marcus Garvey Library, Tottenham
  

• Friday 23rd October 2009- The Legacy of Cheikh Anta Diop and the dismal state of current Afrocentric scholarship at the African Caribbean Library, Clapham

• Monday 26th October 2009- The Roots of Black Music at the Croydon Clocktower, Croydon
  

• Tuesday 27th October 2009- Film Screening- ‘John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk’ at the PCS Learning Centre, Victoria

• Wednesday 28th October 2009 - New National Curriculum and the Possibilities for Real Black History in Secondary Schools at the PCS Learning Centre, Victoria
  

• Thursday 29th October 2009- The Roots of Black Music at the Marcus Garvey Library, Tottenham

• Friday 30th October 2009- 'Who in the Black Community is to blame for Youth Crime?' at City Hall, Westminster
  

Written By: Nadia Auckburally