About Us

We are a group of archivists, historians, activists, academics and community workers championing local Black histories

Our team

  • Audrey Allwood (University of Goldsmiths)
  • Laila Benhaida (Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre)
  • Shey Fyffe (Birmingham City University)
  • Aba Graham (Stockport Race Equality Partnership)
  • Gaynor Legall (Tiger Bay and the World)
  • Emily Momoh (Camden Black British History)
  • Japheth 'Jeff' Monzon (Black South West Network)
  • Angelina Osbourne (Historian and Heritage Consultant)
  • Avril Nanton (Avril's Walks and Talks)
  • Kerry Pimblott (University of Manchester)
  • Clinton Smith (Preston Black History Group)
  • Lianne Smith (Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre)
  • Linford Sweeney (Historian and Genealogist)
  • Jack Webb (University of Manchester)
  • Laurence Westgaph (Liverpool Black History Research Group)
  • Juanita Cox Westmaas (Guyana SPEAKS)
  • Rod Westmaas (Guyana SPEAKS)