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Young female BAME researchers are ‘reverse mentoring’ older white male academics

9th September 201817th September 2018 Josie McFarlane 1072 Views 0 Comment #academics, BAME, black, community, education, Research

Young female BAME researchers are ‘reverse mentoring’ older white male academics to make them ‘understand diversity better’ Scheme encourages senior

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Editors' Picks Feature Marcia Dixon 

Inspirational Black Christian millennials, take a bow! by Marcia Dixon

5th September 20186th September 2018 Becky Wybrow 1217 Views 0 Comment #Black artists, #MOBO, #Young Christians, BAME, black, christian, community, Faith, inspirational, Marcia Dixon, music

The Black Christian community is filled with talented, successful, godly adults aged 40 and under. Keep The Faith shines a

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A leap of faith by Lucy Stevens

4th September 20186th September 2018 Becky Wybrow 724 Views 0 Comment #Fasting, #Fasting advice, #Ramadan, BAME, christian, Faith, prayer

When fostering a child, who is of a different faith to you, the learning curve is steep and broad. There

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Editors' Picks News UK 

Cambridge to celebrate black alumni with University Library exhibition

1st September 201811th February 2019 admin 503 Views 0 Comment Archie Mafeje, Bez Adeosun, black, Black Cambridge students, Black Cantabs: History Makers, community, David Louis Clemetson, Diane Abbott, Elizabeth Bagaaya, Errollyn Wallen, Francis Williams, George Bridgetower, Gloria Claire Carpenter, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Justina Kehinde Ogunseitan, Michaelmas term, Naomie Harris, Royal Corridor, Stormzy Scholarship, Thandie Newton, University, Zadie Smith

The exhibition, entitled ‘Black Cantabs: History Makers’, will be on display along the UL’s Royal Corridor throughout Michaelmas term The

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“Are You About Dis Ting, Fam?” by Sheldon Thomas

31st August 201831st August 2018 Becky Wybrow 9083 Views 1 Comment

Where do you start, when there are over 80 murders in the capital alone, and just under half of those

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Editors' Picks Interviews 

Staying grounded in a whirlwind of God’s goodness by Marcia Dixon

29th August 201830th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 1049 Views 0 Comment black, Black British, Church of God of Prophecy, community, Faith, Gospel, Gospel chart, Gospel music, Guyanese, Jeanette Young, Karen Gibson, Meghan Markle, Ministry, Pring Harry, Royal Wedding, Stand by Me, the Kingdom Choir

2018 will go down as an amazing, groundbreaking, historic year for Karen Gibson & the Kingdom Choir – and quite

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Editors' Picks Lifestyle 

How Britain imprisoned some of the first black fighters against slavery

16th August 201830th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 11049 Views 0 Comment Abigail Coppins, African, African-Caribbean, Black British, Black fighters, Black history, Black population, Brigadier-General John Moore, brigands, British prison, Captain Louis Delgrès, Caribbean, Caribbean Island, Caribbean people, Caste, Coppins, Delgrès, dying, English Heritage, Eulalie Piemont, exhibition, Fighting, Forgotten history, Forgotton, former slaves, free-born property owner, guerrilla campaign, Jean-Louis Marin Pèdre, l’Année de la Liberté, L’armée Française dans les bois, Martinique, Matouba on Guadeloupe, mixed race, Napoleonic France, Panthéon, Pont Neuf, Portchester Castle, Portsmouth Harbour, prisoners, revolutionary, Runaway slaves, Second Carib War, Sir Charles Gordon, Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Slavery, St lucia, St Vincent, struggle against slavery, War of Austrian Succession

Forgotten history to be revisited with an exhibition revealing how some of the most celebrated black fighters in the early struggle against

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Slavery memorial highlights Portugal’s racism taboo

6th August 201830th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 3820 Views 0 Comment 400 years, Africans, atlantic trade, Beatriz Gomes Dias, black, community, Djass, Gomes Dias, International Lusophone Movement, jail, multiracial, oppression, portugal, Racism, Renato Epifânio, Ribeira das Naus, slave, Slavery

This statue of emancipation was built on an island off Senegal that was used by slave ships from Portugal, France,

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Editors' Picks Feature Gospel Music 

SPAC Nation: A church transforming the lives of young people by Funmi Olutoye

21st June 201830th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 4617 Views 3 Comments 16 to 35, Adegboyega, BBC two, Bermondsey, bible, Bible-believing, Brixton, C25, Camberwell, Central London, Christ, christian, Christian faith, church, City of London, Community Units, congregation, Croydon, Dagenham, Daniel-generation, Eastside, Enfield, Essex Rise, evangelism, From Gangs to God, giving, God, Gospel Drill, Hackney, holiness, Holy spirit, Hope Dealers, Islington, Jordy, Kevin Yfeko, Kurtis Pykes, leadership, Lewisham, Livingstone Choir, mentorship, Moorgate, New Southwark, non-conformists Christians, Pastor Tobi, Pastor Tobi Adegboyega, Peckham, praise, praise-filled, prayer, Rapper, Riverbank Plaza Hotel, Shoreditch, Soundcloud, South Norwood, SPAC Nation, Spirit, Sunday, Sunday services, Surrey Quays, Tulse Hill, uncompromising, unorthodox, Victoria Derbyshire, Woolwich, Word, Word of God, worship, young people

SPAC Nation is a vibrant, colourful and high-energy church made up of over 1200 young people aged 16 to 35,

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Eight BAME-background talents from the games industry have been selected for the London Games Festival’s first Ensemble showcase.

8th April 201811th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 1052 Views 0 Comment black, community

The selected artists were unveiled today, on the first morning of the 2018 London Games Festival, which runs 5-15 April

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Editors' Picks Interviews 

Crazy Faith – Pastor to the billionaires by Patrick Campbell

31st January 201730th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 14398 Views 5 Comments black, christian, community, Faith

Over the past 20 years or so I have worked with some fascinating characters: from Hollywood royalty to real royalty;

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