Connecting a Colonial past and present: 'A Procession' - by black British Sculptor Hew Locke
The Procession by Hew Locke shows how people gather and move together to celebrate, worship, protest, mourn, escape or better themselves.
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Bristol: Afrika Eye festival unveils city-wide programme of new & classic films, stories and music
Afrika Eye - the South West’s biggest festival of African cinema and culture – returns to venues across Bristol and beyond in November
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Congolese lawmakers seek to amend marriage law on dowry, polygamy
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Black and Asian teenagers at risk over delayed COVID vaccinations
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Migrant rights group ‘We Belong’ talk to us about UK's 'Unjust' system on Jamaican deportations
In an apparent reversal of an earlier agreement not to deport those who arrived in the UK as minors, plans are being made to deport a...
Kate Moseley
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Chelsea's Ivy Asia restaurant apologises after 'culturally insensitive' advert
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"Mark's death is still as raw as 10 years ago" - Marsha Farmer talks cousin Mark Duggan's murder
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After Looting in South Africa: The Rainbow nation youth take matters into their own hands
South Africa is known as the Rainbow nation and seeing how different races were able to rebuild what was broken is truly admirable
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UPDATE: South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma in hospital
Officials still haven't gone into details about the condition of the 79-year-old, who is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court
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International: Ivory Coast judiciary releases 78 prisoners
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INTERNATIONAL: Deadly fighting erupts between rivals in South Sudan VP's party
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India gets historic Javelin Gold at Tokyo Olympics
On Saturday, Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin giving India its first Olympic gold medal in athletics.
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EXCLUSIVE Banker behind a report alleging HSBC racism resigns over lack of support
not a single white person in our firm of 226,000 seized the momentum we have created together to come forward and Speak Up
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PM Boris Johnson WILL NOT isolate after staff member's test positive for COVID
Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not need to self isolate even though a member of his staff test positive for Covid
Diane Abbott accuses Home Office of being 'institutionally racist' over Caribbean deportations
Home Secretary Priti Patel has continued to attack "activist lawyers" and Labour politicians for attempting to block the deportations
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