April Newsletter: Drum Ritual Trance and other celebrations
Welcome to our spring Newsletter We’ve been busy the last few months organising some wonderful activities and events we know […]
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Welcome Black History Month
Greetings! Delighted to welcome Black History Month 2025 and invite you to some of the activities we’re taking part in. […]
New Moon New Community
New Year/New Moon Greetings! A quick note to introduce an affiliated community we hope you will consider joining for the […]
Guyana Speaks 1: Yesterday and Today: ole time story by Eric Huntley
On Sunday January 29th, The Classic Banqueting venue hosted the first of a series of ‘groundings’ called ‘Guyana Speaks.’ These […]
If you have a written a good book that no one will publish you must publish it yourself
My mum, ‘Mama Lou’ (Lucille Davis) basking in the moment. Photo Kai Rutlin The title is a rephrasing of what […]
Osun in the British Museum’s Exhibition Feminine Power: the divine to the demonic
The last exhibition I visited at the British Museum was ‘Living with Gods’ in 2018. I was disappointed because, as I shared in a FB post,…
Celebrating The Glorious Cycles of Life
For Doreen Shawyer Naming Ceremony (2) Sean, Eva, Makeda and bay Kelis. Photo Eddie Osei A few years ago, I observed that of all the life…
Ras Prince’s Garden of Transformation: a Sanctuary in South London
Because you come into it from the main entrance to the Lewisham Sport Consortium ground with its perfectly manicured lawn, the garden I’m…
#BlackBoyJoyGone & Displaced: Creative Ways for Black Men to Heal: By Michelle Asantewa
A few weeks ago, a video of a young African man describing his experience on a mental health ward at Queen Mary’s hospital surfaced on…
On the shocking News of New Beacon Books closure
My godson’s first visit to New Beacon Books, Saturday 6th November, 2021 The African/Black community woke this morning, Saturday 4th…