Black Heritage Today UK

Show them your precious goods and they’ll tell you who you are. Are you curious about the past? Have you ever wanted to know more about a treasured object or document that belongs to your cultural heritage? The Africa Centre and Black Cultural Archives would like to invite you to bring along an object or documents connected with [...]

“And there it stands, my whole life. It’s an awful thing to think about, the way love never dies!” Their church may be humble but their lungs are full with fervour. As the gospel singing soars, Sister Margaret, an uncompromising pastor of her Harlem church, recognizes that she has a congregation in revolt against her [...]

She appears to have been ‘outside’ the radar for a while, but Patti Boulaye works a lot in Europe; in Germany, Paris and Italy, where she has a good fan-base. Still looking young enough to be questioned at the entry point of a club, there’s no doubt that Patti has not lost her touch, her [...]

Poem ‘Mother’s secrets’ by Monika Beata Francisco-Ribeiro Many times, mama must say ‘no’ to her child Although “yes” is pressing to escape her mind Yet, at times mama must say ‘yes’ even though She would feel less pain if she just said ‘no’ Sometimes, mama needs to shout very loud For true peace to begin [...]

Poem ‘Daughter of the world’ by Monika Beata Francisco-Ribeiro She was a daughter of the world, my dear… What else did you hope you would see her be? She was a daughter of the world, you know? Yes! You knew she was – she did tell you so By the way she moved and the [...]

Nine black teenagers board a train in Scottsboro, Alabama, in search of a new life. By the end of their journey, their lives – and those of every American – would be changed forever. This powerful story tells of nine black teenage boys who were accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The landmark set of legal [...]