It was a great honour to be asked to speak at the 57th annual conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians @achconference.bsky.social in Kingston Jamaica earlier this week. I attended with my colleagues Michelle Charters (Head of the International Slavery Museum) & Olivia McCormick. #ACH
Black Music is the backbone of the UK music industry.
New report #BlackMusicMeansBusiness reveals Black music generated 80% (£24.5bn) of UK recorded music value over 30 years.
Thank you Dr. Ajay Parasram ( @dalhousieu.bsky.social ) and Dr Malik Al Nasir ( @malikalnasir.bsky.social ) !
New (February 2026): Originary Violations: Discursive Constructions of Caribbean Motherhood and Motherlands - By Paula Morgan and Hannah Regis | University of the West Indies Press | More information can be found here: www.uwipress.com/978976658068...
Book: Searching for My Slave Roots by Malik Al Nasir.
When I see generations of a wealthy family, I generally assume they were slave traders. Many of them have turned up in this book & many more that surprised me. The Gladstones have a lot to answer for #BookSky
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Harvard University's top leaders likely enslaved thousands of people between the founding of the school in 1636 and the defeat of the Confederacy, according to new research.
Thanks to Liverpool Book Festival for hosting me and showcasing my books at the weekend. I took “Letters to Gil” my memoir of my life with the poet & activist Gil Scott-Heron, & my new book “Searching for my Slave Roots” charting my roots quest back to Guyana.
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This week, The ThinkLab @thinklab.bsky.social teamed up with @writingpartners.bsky.social @suaw.bsky.social to host the inaugural Community in Writing Symposium in Cambridge.
First, a sincere thank you to @webhooligan.bsky.social for being with us, and for bringing #shutupandwrite into the world.
Today was my favourite lecture for my course on the Politics of Race and Marginalisation! This is because my students and I were treated to not just 1 but 2 amazing Q&As from Canadian International Relations Dr Ajay Parasram, and Cambridge historian, and Scouse musician, and poet Dr Malik Al Nasir.