– Overview The African National Congress Nelson and Winnie Mandela ANC/Nelson Mandela Anniversary Plaque Twenty years after the release of Nelson Mandela, Islington Council, in partnership with the Nubian Jak Community Trust, installed a Green Plaque on the former headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC) at 28 Penton Street, Islington, London N7. Founded by […]
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– Overview Claudia Jones Fifty years after the establishment of the first Caribbean Carnival in Britain, a momentous event was organized. Two commemorative plaques were unveiled to honor one of Britain’s most remarkable post-war Caribbean figures, the publisher and activist Claudia Jones, often referred to as “the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival”. On 22 […]
– Overview Mary Prince Born in Bermuda in 1788 Mary Prince knew what it was to be a commodity bought and sold a number of times, separated from her family, flogged and beaten at will by her “masters”. She was required to work as a house slave and companion. As a child she worked very […]
– Overview Althea Mcnish Althea Mcnish In 1951, Althea McNish, a 27-year-old artist from Trinidad embarked on a new journey in London, enrolling for a BSC degree in architecture. For a year, the aspiring young artist lived in the smog-filled capital unsure that she had made the right decision. Eventually, she chose to pivot from […]
– Overview Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt, originally Eartha Mae Keith, was born in the quiet town of North, South Carolina, in 1927. Her mixed heritage, with an African and Native American mother and a father of alleged white descent, was a product of a forbidden love affair. Abandoned by her parents, Eartha’s early […]
– Overview Jimi Hendrix In his short but musically glittering career, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) emerged as one of the most influential rock and roll musicians of the 20th century. Hendrix showed versatility and beauty of the electric guitar. Left-handed Hendrix wrenched from his Fender Stratocaster sounds that had not been heard before in mainstream rock, […]
– Overview Edmonia Lewis Edmonia Lewis In an era where the public’s perception of statues and sculptures is evolving, it’s a breath of fresh air to uncover the remarkable work of Edmonia Lewis. A 19th-century African American female sculptor, she defied the odds and achieved international acclaim during a time when slavery was still legal. […]
– Overview Marie-Louise Christophe Queen Marie Louise Christophe In September 1821, Marie-Louise Christophe, Haiti’s first and only queen, set sail for Britain, where she would remain in exile for three years. She had managed to escape the country with her two daughters after her husband, Henry Christophe, also known as King Henry I, committed suicide […]
– Overview George ‘Peckings’ Price On Wednesday, 9th March 2022, the pioneering label Peckings Records was awarded a blue plaque by the Nubian Jak Community Trust. Two years before Island Records started importing Jamaican music to England in the 1960s, George ‘ Peckings’ Price, a visionary and passionate music enthusiast, brought the sound of the […]