Madge Dresser, Sado Jirde and Roger Griffiths
Malcolm X Centre, 141 City Rd, Bristol BS2 8YH
To many, the history of Bristol is a history of slavery. For others, the debate turns on misrepresentations of a complex past. Positions are entrenched, rehearsed and re-examined, divided by race, by class and by generation. In African Connections, we want to ask what these debates about slavery might mean for migrant communities in Bristol today, and how we might take the interwoven legacies of slavery, colonialism and migration forward to think about the issues affecting our city in the contemporary period. Slavery is deeply rooted in the fabric of the city and has shaped recent struggles to define civic culture and identities, but how does this history mould contemporary connections with Africa? What might the afterlives of imperialism tell us about engagement and activism with Bristol’s BME communities today? How do the overlapping waves of migration into the city shape its current landscape?
Speakers to include Madge Dresser, Associate Professor in History, University of the West of England and Sado Jirde, Director of the Black South West Network. The Chair is Roger Griffiths.
Refreshments will be served after.
This event is part of InsideArts festival 2015.
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