Researching the histories, art and thought of people of African descent.
Image: Lubaina Himid Venetian Maps: Ceramicists, Acrylic on Canvas, 1997. Photo: Rochadale Arts & Heritage Service. By permission of the artist.
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The Centre is an international hub for Black Humanities research in the heart of Bristol, fostering a broad range of research around the artistic and intellectual work of people of African descent. The CBH aims to reach a wide range of audiences through a diverse programme of film screenings, reading groups, performances and research collaborations with local communities; enabling our research to impact areas including the cultural industries and higher education policy.
Current interdisciplinary projects include work on Black Health and the Humanities, Black British Art, African Literary Activism, and UK Hip-Hop, ethics and social justice, slavery and its legacies, and race and genetics in contemporary fiction.