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Returning to Beryl Gilroy’s ‘On Black Old Age… The Diaspora of the Senses?’

Returning to Beryl Gilroy’s ‘On Black Old Age… The Diaspora of the Senses?’

by Black Health Humanities | Aug 25, 2022 | Workshops

Dr Emily Kate Timms reflects on how discussions throughout the Black Health and the Humanities workshops led her to revisit a classic essay on Black ageing in Britain by Beryl Gilroy. When I joined the Black Health and the Humanities Network, I was finishing my PhD...
Uncovering the Visibility of African Agency in International Health History

Uncovering the Visibility of African Agency in International Health History

by Black Health Humanities | Aug 9, 2022 | Workshops

Ayotunde Ojo’s research, based at the University of Manchester, seeks to explore the significance of local capacity in achieving health goals through a historical study of international collaborative efforts between the World Health Organisation (WHO) and indigenous...
Art and Activism: the Mudi River clean-up project

Art and Activism: the Mudi River clean-up project

by Black Health Humanities | Jul 14, 2022 | Reflections

Chimwemwe Phiri, a PhD student at the University of Durham in the Department of Anthropology, considers the impact of public art on environmental activism in Malawi. Blantyre, Malawi’s second major city, has for decades been plagued by a polluted river. The Mudi River...
People of Black Ancestry in the Rural British Countryside: An Untold Truth

People of Black Ancestry in the Rural British Countryside: An Untold Truth

by Black Health Humanities | Jul 5, 2022 | Workshops

Maxwell A. Ayamba is a PhD Research Student in Black Studies in the Department of American and Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham. His research explores the lived experience of people of African ancestry’s access and use of the Peak District National Park...
Interview with Jacqueline Roy: on Belonging, Identity, and the Politics of Care

Interview with Jacqueline Roy: on Belonging, Identity, and the Politics of Care

by Black Health Humanities | May 10, 2022 | Interview

Kariima Ali, a PhD student at the University of Roehampton exploring Black women’s mental health campaigning and social movements since the 1970s, interviews author Jacqueline Roy. I first came across Jacqueline Roy’s writing early last summer. The Fat Lady Sings...
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