Tues 3 Oct
ZINDIKA BLACK BOOK GROUP LAUNCH
Talk and food. Venue: Jubilee Library, Brighton & Hove. 6pm – 8pm.

Tues 3 Oct
ART OF THE WORD DISPLAY
Exhibition that is ongoing throughout the month. Venue: Brighton Museum.

Wed 4 Oct
HANDSWORTH SONGS
Film Screening with Discussion, organised by Wolfe and Otoo Venue: Jubilee Library. 6.30pm.

Sat 7 Oct
BERT’S BUS
Bus Tour, organised by Wolfe and Otoo / Brighton & Hove Black History. Venue: Mobile. 11am.

Wed 11 Oct
FILM SCREENING: PRESSURE
Film with discussion, organised by Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: TBC. 6:30pm.

Thurs 12 Oct
FILM SCREENING: THE BLACK PANTHERS
Film, organised by ACAS. Venue: Sussex University. 5pm.

Sun 15 Oct
ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
Talks and Discussion, organised by MOSAIC / Sussex African Communities Project / Wolfe and Otoo. Bring a Dish. Venue: MOSAIC. 1pm – 4.30pm.

Mon 16 Oct
ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
Talks and Discussion, organised by Sussex African Communities Project / Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: Brighton & Hove Schools. Various daytime.

Tues 17 Oct
ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
Talks and Discussion, organised by Sussex African Communities Project / Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: Brighton & Hove Schools. Various daytime.

Tues 17 Oct
AL SADDIQ AL RADDI
Poetry Evening, organised by Jubilee Library, in association with Poetry Translation Centre. Venue: Jubilee Library. 7.30pm.

Wed 18 Oct
ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
Talks and Discussion, organised by Sussex African Communities Project / Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: Brighton & Hove Schools. Various daytime.

Wed 18 Oct
FILM SCREENING: BURNING AN ILLUSION
Film with discussion, organised by Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: TBC. 6:30pm.

Thurs 19 Oct
ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
Talks and Discussion, organised by Sussex African Communities Project / Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: Brighton & Hove Schools. Various daytime.

Thurs 19 Oct
CARIBBEAN LIVING ROOMS
Discussion and exhibition, organised by ACAS, Sussex University. Venue: Sussex University. 5pm – 8pm.

Fri 20 Oct
COMING TO ENGLAND
Film and Discussion organised by Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: TBC.

Sat 21 Oct
BERT’S BUS
Bus Tour organised by Wolfe and Otoo / Brighton & Hove Black History. Venue: Mobile. 11am.

Sat 21 Oct
OF GOD AND ANCESTORS
Concert organised by Brighton Festival of World Sacred. Venue: Brighton Unitarian Church. 1pm – 2pm.

Sat 21 Oct
SING GOSPEL BLACK VOICES
Concert organised by Brighton Festival of World Sacred. Venue: St. Georges Church. 8pm.

Tues 24 Oct
CELEBRATE EID UL FITR
Free Family Drop-in, events all day, organised by Brighton Museum. Venue: Brighton Museum. 1pm – 7pm.

Tues 24 Oct
BMEYPP BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT
Free Activities for BME Young People, organised by BMEYPP. Venue: 67 Centre, Hodshrove Lane, Moulsecoomb. 11pm – 5pm.

Wed 25 Oct
FILM SCREENING:BULLET BOY
Film and discussion, organised by Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: Jubilee Library. 6pm.

Thurs 26 Oct
FOOD NIGHT
Food exchange, organised by ACAS. Venue: Sussex University. 6pm.

Fri 27 Oct
DIWALI DRAW
Rangoli Art Workshops Drop-in event. Venue: Brighton Museum. 1pm - 4.30pm.

Fri 27 Oct
FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIAL
Networking Event organised by BMEWF. Venue: Ha Ha Bar. From 5pm.

Sat 27 Oct
BY THE SWORD UNITED
Lecture about Joseph de Bologne, born in 1745 to an African slave and an aristocratic French plantation owner. de Bologne was forced into exile after his father fatally wounded a man in a fencing duel. However it was fencing that was to become his saviour. By the age of 17 few men could match him with a sword and even fewer would dare to question his right to the title of the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Learn the story of the Chevalier, also known as ‘the Black Mozart’, and the skills of swordsmanship that propelled him through the social scale, in this lecture and fencing demonstration by the Sussex Rapier School. Venue: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 11am-12.30pm, free, tel: 01273 290 900 / www.royalpavilion.org.uk

Sat 28 Oct
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BENEFIT PARTY
Party organised by Calabash. Venue: tbc.

Sat 28 Oct
DIWALI CELEBRATION
Fun afternoon during this Drop-in event. Venue: Brighton Museum. 12.30pm - 5pm.

Sun 29 Oct
MOMMA CHERRI’S GOSPEL BRUNCH
As seen on TV with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey! Celebration of Soul Food and gospel music, organised by Momma Cherri / Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: Momma Cherri. 11am – 2pm.

Mon 30 Oct
CONVERSATIONS WITH JEAN BINTA BREEZE
Interview and performance from one of the originators of dub poetry. Organised by Wolfe and Otoo. Venue: The Old Market. 7pm - 11pm.

Sat 24 Nov
TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY: BETWEEN HISTORY AND MEMORY
How did the British become involved in the slave trade the first place? Dr Anita Rupprecht explores the significance and legacy of this crucial episode in the national story as it falls between history and memory. Dr Anita Rupprecht University of Brighton Venue: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. 11am-12.30pm. Adm: Free. Info: 01273 290 900 / www.royalpavilion.org.uk

DECEMBER

Thurs 13 Dec
BLACK BRITANNIA IN ART & DESIGN
Explore images and figures of Black Britons, tracing their presence in paint and pottery from the Elizabethan age to the Victorian era. Stella Beddoe Senior Keeper & Keeper of Decorative Art, Brighton Museum. Venue: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 1pm-2pm. Adm: £4.50. Info: 01273 290 900.

Sat 15 Dec
MUSEUM TRAIL BRIGHTON MUSEUM
Harriet Hughes, Curator of World Art at Brighton Museum, offers a personal introduction to People, Places and Profits, the museum trail to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the British Slave Trade Act. Venue: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 2.30pm-3.30pm. Adm: Free. Info: 01273 290 900.