Black History Month | Week 3 Black Culture Edit

  • 17/10/2022
  • EmBrace

Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufman (2018) 

Kaufman expolres the remarkable stories of Africans who lived free in Tudor England. They were present at some of the defining moments of the age. They were christened, married and buried by the Church. They were paid wages like any other Tudors. 

Black Tudors: The Untold Story (Paperback)

 

Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah (2020) 

A novel about being a child of the Windrush generation by dub poet and activist, Benjamin Zephaniah. 

Windrush Child (Paperback)

 

Us - directed by Jordan Peele (2019) 

Jordan Peele is a ground-breaking director of the horror genre in that his cast are entirely Black. A rarity in this genre, his films always tell a story where Black people are the strong leads. 

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Django Unchained – directed by Quentin Tarantino (2012) 

With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave, Django, played by Jamie Foxx, sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation-owner in Mississippi. 

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Pieces of Man by Gil Scott Heron (1971) 

Classic album by poet and activist, Gil Scott Heron. 

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Awaken my love! By Childish Gambino (2016) 

The third studio album by American recording artist Donald Glover, under his stage name Childish Gambino. 

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