3rd August – Major Taylor; an audio-visual review

3rd August 2023 – A spectacular audio-visual review of the life and times of Marshall Taylor – the world’s first black sporting superstar. Part of the UCI Cycling World Championships.



Dates: Thursday 3rd August
Time: 12.10pm
Location: George Square – Glasgow
Cost: Free event

#theAfrowegian Soundsystem presents…‘Major’ Taylor The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World.

Run time: 40 mins
Location: Stage in George Square Date: 03.08.23

Performers
Courtney Stoddart – Spoken Word Artist
Okata –
AiiTee – Singer/Songwriter
Nathan Somevi –

Film
Animated Films by #theAfrowegian

Pre-recorded Interviews
Lynne Tolman – President of Major Taylor Association (USA)
Fred Nolan – Illustrator (worked on Major Taylor film)

We are seeking further comments from professional cyclists to accompany the pre-recorded interviews.

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28th/29th/30th October – A Black Gaze on Galoshans

28th/29th/30th October – A Black Gaze on Galoshans

Dates: 28th/29th/30th October
Time: 1900 – 2100
Location: Waterfront facing wall of the Beacon Arts Centre
Cost: Free event

Animated performances of the Galoshans Halloween play projected onto the walls of the Arts Centre, devised and adapted in consultation with BPOC living, working or associated with Inverclyde

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Saturday 22nd Oct – ‘Southern Fried’ – A celebratory Caribbean Cooking event.

Saturday 22nd October – ‘Southern Fried’ – A celebratory Caribbean Cooking event.

Date Sat 22nd October
Time 1100-1200 Cooking event 1200-1230 Audience Q & A
Location – Beacon Arts Centre
Registration – Ticketed free event register here – https://bit.ly/3eJX9vt

In the fourth event the afrowegian is curating for Black History Month in Inverclyde, Jideofor is joined by academic and food historian Peggy Brunache.

Whilst cooking Caribbean delicacies they will discuss the history of Caribbean food and discuss what can be learned about the lives of slaves in the Caribbean through the food they cooked and this food’s influence on our eating habits today.

Audiences will have an opportunity to taste the food created at the event.

This event is free but you’ll need to register to attend. Get them now. Places are going fast!

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Saturday 15th Oct – Mixed Race and Scottish (part 2)


Two artist activists: educator and photographer Kim Simpson and musician Mark Agbi in conversation with #theafrowegian. Kim presents extracts from her photographic exhibition ‘Girls and their Mothers’ currently on display at the National Portrait Museum in Edinburgh.

Kim’s portraits celebrate and interrogate mixed race identity effectively using the camera as an anti-racist tool.

Mark, co-founder of the African Caribbean Society of Scotland, shares his thoughts on using art as an anti-racist tool.
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Saturday 1st October  – What’s Watt gotta do with it?


Dr Stephen Mullen (in discussion with Jideofor Muotune) presents his research around James Watt; his father James Watt Senior; and his brother, John and his discoveries around their extensive involvement in transatlantic mercantile trade with the North American colonies and the sugar plantations of the Caribbean.

Dr. Mullen’s research provides evidence that Watt’s family and Watt himself were not only complicit in the slave trade – they participated directly and benefited extensively from the profits that slavery generated including James Watt himself owning a slave – https://bit.ly/3QmbZFY

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Saturday 8th Oct – Mixed Race and Scottish (part 1)

Dr Stephen Mullen (in discussion with Jideofor Muotune) presents his research around James Watt; his father James Watt Senior; and his brother, John and his discoveries around their extensive involvement in transatlantic mercantile trade with the North American colonies and the sugar plantations of the Caribbean.

Kim’s portraits celebrate and interrogate mixed race identity effectively using the camera as an anti-racist tool.

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Saturday 15th Oct – A black gaze on Gourock’s crest

Panel discussion featuring mixed race musician Matthew Hickmand and Greenockian Hazel Peters interrogating the discussions around Gourock’s Crest.

The event would also feature the launch of Magic Torch’s Comic book devised by local young people interrogating the legacies of Slavery in Inverclyde.

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