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African History Month will take place from late September and throughout October, featuring a diverse programme of events designed to focus on the impact of migration, marking the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush in 1948. Windrush Routes, as this year’s theme is called, will explore the legacies of the Windrush and how it has culturally enhanced Suffolk.
Events will be taking place across Suffolk, and will feature Film, Storytelling, Poetry, Talks Exhibitions and Workshops.
Events include; Mixed Blessings – a photographic exhibition – celebrates the Spirit of the family in the context of new identities within African heritage and ‘host’ communities. The film Wondrous Oblivion tells an uplifting human story from the 1960’s. Award winning author Andrea Levy – Small Island – is one of 3 writers who will feature in the Waterstones Windrush Read. Kofi Arts presents Contemporary Gestures and Movements of Africa, a rich display of cultural art at the Ipswich Tourist Centre. International Storyteller Jan Blake, heads up a host of performance related events, including theatre, poetry and music.
www.suffolkafricanhistorymonth.co.uk
Events in Sudbury include
Wondrous Oblivion
A film directed by Paul Morrison.
Date: 19 October
Venue: The Quay Theatre, Quay Lane Sudbury
Time: 7.30pm
Admission: £5
Tel: 01787 374745
www.quaytheatre.org.uk
Wondrous Oblivion is a touching funny and uplifting coming of age drama about a young boy’s rite of passage and that wonderful moment in life when you discover that you’re good at something
Set in the 1960’s England, it tells the story of young David Wiseman and his journey with a Jamaican family who moves in next door.
‘ Every now and then a British Film gets it right, capturing a truth about the world we live in, along with the audience’s imagination.’
Nick Curits Evening Standard
Cert PG, 106 mins,
Director: Paul Morrison
Produced by: Johney Persey
Starring: Delroy Lindo, Emily Woof, Stanley Townsend and introducing Sam Smith
Storytelling
International storyteller Jan Blake will be visiting Sudbury for one day. A dynamic storyteller Jan will share enchanted stories from the Caribbean with invited primary school groups from Sudbury.
Date: 15 October
Venue: Sudbury Library Market Hill Sudbury CO10 2EN
Time: Morning session
Admission: for invited pre organised school groups
Tel: 01787 296000
Mixed Blessings Exhibition
Mixed Blessings – a photographic exhibition – celebrates the Spirit of the family in the context of new identities within African heritage and ‘host’ communities
Date: 13 to 18 October
Venue: Sudbury Library Market Hill, Sudbury CO10 2EN
Time: during library opening times
Admission: Free
Tel: 01787 296000
www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/libraries
Originally devised in 1926 by the pioneering African-American historian, Dr Carter Woodson, Black History Month evolved into the American establishment by1976. In Britain Ghanaian Addai Sebo is credited for introducing BHM in 1986. This celebration has increasingly been referred to as African History Month, in particularly in Suffolk, although both names are currently in use.
The root objective is to make known and celebrate the global history of African people’s heritage and contribution from the African Diaspora and Africa.
African History Month aims to show positive elements that both enriches and transforms our community, creating a higher level of awareness for cultural diversity
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