22nd Sep 2017 We Will Remember Them…
2018 marks the centenary of WWI. Empire troops fought in the most infamous battles of the war, including Ypres and Passchendaele. The hidden histories of soldiers from Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia need to be recovered and their stories told. Nottingham Black Archive (NBA) has been working with Prof. Sharon Monteith of Nottingham Trent University and literature organisation Renaissance One with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Centre for Hidden Histories, to produce a touring exhibition to commemorate forgotten commonwealth troops
The We Will Remember Them exhibition, features original artwork from Jerwood Prize winner, Barbara Walker & Keith Piper and the local narratives of Irfan Malik and Waple Fleming and the contributions made by the Indians in Dulmial Village and the British West Indian Regiment.
Join us on the 2nd September, New Art Exchange, Nottingham at 6:30pm to celebrate the launch of the exhibition . There will be talks from The National Caribbean Monument Charity, Dr Irfan Malik, Prof. Kurt Barling, Pilgrim Church Senior Minister Clive Foster, NBA’s Panya Banjoko who will be sharing the local research, and a parade of Caribbean Standards by WAWI.
The We Will Remember Them… exhibition will be touring the following venues…
NOTTINGHAM
25th-29th Sep . County Hall, West Bridgeford NG2 7QP
2nd-5th Oct Clifton Cornerstone, Southchurch Drive, Clifton NG11 8EW
6th-12th Oct Bulwell Riverside, Main Street NG6 8QL
12th- 18th Oct Mary Potter Centre, 76 Gregory Blvd, NG7 5HY
18th- 23rd Oct. Central Library, Angel Row, NG1 6HP
23rd-26th Oct. City Council, Loxley House, Station Street NG2 3NG 27th
Oct- 1st Nov St Anns Valley Centre, 2 Livingston Rd, NG3 3GG
DERBY
6TH Nov – 13th Nov, Derby Central Library, The Wardwick, Derby DE1 1HS
13th – 15th Nov, The Mandela Centre, 179-181 Pear Tree Rd, Derby DE23 8NQ
23rd – 29th Nov, Derby West Indian Community Association, Carrington Street, Derby DE1 2ND
LEICESTER
16th- 22nd Nov, Centre for New Writing at the University of Leicester, School of English, Leicester LE1 7RH
LONDON
4th – 8th Dec, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd,London N15 4RX
9th Dec, Black Cultural Archive, 1 Windrush Square, London SE2 1EF
This project is funded by AHRC and is being delivered in association with the Centre For Hidden Histories and Renaissance One
