by Equiano | Nov 26, 2020 | Featured, News & Events
ARTHUR TORRINGTON From youth leader in 1970 to Windrush Foundation Director in 2020, Arthur has contributed to positive changes in the community: in the media (LBC Radio, 1970s), black gospel music (1980s); Windrush (1990s – 2020). Join us as he talks about his...
by Equiano | Nov 9, 2020 | Featured, News & Events
Remembering Cy Grant Join The Equiano Society and Windrush Foundation on Sunday 8 November 2020 at 7.30pm to pay tribute to Cy Grant. He was born on 8 November 1919 in Guyana, volunteered for the RAF in WWII and served as a Navigator. He was captured by Nazi soldiers...
by Equiano | Oct 30, 2020 | Featured, News & Events
Charles Ignatius Sancho Sancho was born on a slave ship during the middle passage, and his enslaved mother died not long afterwards in South America. His father committed suicide rather than live the life of a slave. The orphaned child, aged two, was brought to...
by Equiano | Oct 23, 2020 | News & Events
Equiano Society Presents: Joanna Vassa – Daughter of Olaudah Equiano Join us on Zoom as we learn about Joanna Vassa (1795-1757). Joanna lost her parents between 1796 – 1797 at only two years old. Joanna relied on her guardians and family friends for...
by Equiano | Oct 12, 2020 | News & Events
DR HELENA WOODARD NEW BOOK- SLAVE SITES ON DISPLAY Dr Woodard is an associate professor of English and an affiliate faculty for the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin. She specialises in eighteenthcentury British...
