Linford Sweeney with Victor Richards, actor, author, poet, playwright and creator of 'Streets Paved with Gold' (with performances having global acclaim!) 

Black History Programme: Manchester 2020​

January
Black History Lecture Series

Black and Beautiful in the Ancient World
Lecture & book launch by Dr Runoko Rashidi
Friday 10th 
West Indian Centre, Carmoor Road, Manchester
6.30 - 9.30 PM
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(Lecture tour and book launch)
February

Black History Class
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March

​Black History Visiting Lecturers Series

'Queens of the Nile: Women of Power'
Lecture & book launch by Dr Runoko Rashidi
Venue: MAV Community Hall, 4 Jarvis Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5FS
Friday 27th 
6.30 - 9.30 PM​

​Black History Tours

Liverpool Museum Tour with ​Dr Runoko Rashidi
Monday 30th March

POSTPONED
​April

Black History Tours

Liverpool History Walks with Laurence Westgaph
Date: to be confirmed

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​Black History Lecture Series

"The Rise of the Black Pharaohs''
​A three-week course
​By Linford Sweeney
Tuesdays 14th, 21st & 28th April

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Black History Class

'Black Achievers and Achievements'
(​Last Tuesday in every month)
Tuesday 28th April
​May

Black History Tours

To be arranged
Date: to be confirmed


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​​​Black History Education Series

'Ancient East African Empires'
​A three-week course
​By Linford Sweeney
Tuesday 5th, 12th & 19th

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​
Black History Class

Last Tuesday in every month 
Topic: to be confirmed
​Tuesday 26th​

June

Black History Tours

To be arranged 
Date: to be confirmed

​​
​Black History Education Series

'Celebrating the Windrush Generation'
​A three-week course
​By Linford Sweeney
Tuesday 9th, 16th & 23rd 


Black History Class

Last Tuesday in every month 
Topic: to be confirmed
​Tuesday 30th​
September

​Black History Education Series

'Ancient West African Empires'
​A three-week course
​By Linford Sweeney
Tuesday 8th, 15th & 22nd


Black History Class

Last Tuesday in every month 
Topic: to be confirmed
​Tuesday 29th
October

​Black History Education Series

'How Black Music Became British Music'
​A three-week course
​By Linford Sweeney
Tuesday 6th, 13th & 20th


​Black History in Pictures

A slide show highlighting some positive and some not seen before images of black people from the Ancient Egyptians through to modern times. 

​African Ways

European ways are not African ways, 

no respect for the intuition of ancient days, 

Not this logical, restricted and stagnant flow 

instead a spiritual freedom and creative glow

 

All our history was designed to define us, combine us and refine us.

All their history did was to confine us, consign us and undermine us.

And yet we survived, through all the pain,

and still as strong and dignified people we remain.

 

The sacred laws of Ma'at - Truth, Justice and Harmony, 

Spiritually connected to the divine universal ceremony; 

where each enchanting, distant and pulsating star, 

was admired, celebrated and worshipped from afar

 

In unity there was ubuntu: I am because you are

no need for greed, disunity, strife or war;

where African principles stood boldly to witness

daily dances and celebration of togetherness.

 

There was a great king of Mali, Mansa Musa was his name; 

the world's richest man, even today remains the same.

A man of kindness, dignity and great compassion

Who built a great empire and ruled a unified nation,

where there was thirst for knowledge, and Timbuktu

became the great African learning centre to rise anew.

 

Bless the ancestors, the wise ones, and even the fools,

since upon their backs were written universal rules;

build civilisations that lasted thousands of years.

Today we salute their achievements in joy and tears.

 
©2015, Linford Sweeney

For more poems like this go to: My Poems

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Dr. Runoko Rashidi is a scholar, historian, author and lecturer, and a man on a global journey in search of the African presence.

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​The 42 Laws of Ma'at

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This book was published in 2016 and available from Amazon. Signed copies can be purchased directly from me (Email your request to info@inspiredhistories.com).

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