Chanje Kunda: Amsterdam

CHANJE KUNDA: AMSTERDAM Friday 3 & Saturday 4 October 7:30pm £9 FULL // £5 CONC. A high-powered, supermodern 21st century play of love and lust.

OCEAN - Crewe BHM Event

Celebrating Black Achievements, 10th October, 2014. See poster for details.

Holy & Horny

Z-Arts Manchester: 1oth October, 2014 Suitable for age 15+ Contains strong language & sexual content Written and Performed by Tonya Joy Bolton Back by popular demand, Holy & Horny is a "Hilarious, powerful and deeply moving” sell-out show that celebrates women’s sensuality and spirituality. This extraordinary play is a compelling story of love, longing and the ultimate betrayal.

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Manchester Black History Month

A series of events by Inspired Histories at - Coffee Nubia, 155 Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester, M14 4RE See poster for full events list and dates £3 per person each event. Time for all events is 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Call Mr Robeson (A Black History Mon

Paul Robeson is a great actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. When over the years he gets progressively too radical and outspoken for the establishment’s liking, he is branded a traitor to his country, harassed, and denied opportunities to perform or travel. Just as physical, emotional and mental stress threaten to push him over the fine line between genius and madness, he is summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, to give the most difficult and important perf

Afrovibes; Mamela

AFROVIBES 2014: MAMELA Tue 28 October 7:30pm [BSL interpreted] £9 FULL // £5 CONC. Mamela (‘Listen’) follows a group of remarkable young women from the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Nana Bonsu Exhibition (A Black Histo

Berry fought racism and defended the rights of black people in the UK ever since he made his home in Moss Side, Manchester and was voted one of the 100 greatest Black Britons in 2004. The banners which will be on display telling his story are from the exhibition created by First Cut Media and Performing Arts with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund – see nanabonsu.com

CHAWREC - UNITY Centre: BHM 201

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Afrovibes: The Soil

AFROVIBES 2014: THE SOIL Saturday 1 November 8:00pm £11 FULL // £6 CONC. The award-winning, platinum-selling a capella trio comes to Afrovibes 2014 direct from the Apollo Theater in Harlem

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CHAWREC at the Unity Centre (see poster for details) SEMINAR to launch BME Mapping Report, 9th October, 2014.

Afrovibes: Dark Cell + Mana

AFROVIBES 2014: DARK CELL / MANA Thursday 30 October 8:00pm £11 FULL // £6 CONC. A double-bill of dance from South Africa, featuring two performances of outstanding energy.

KRIP-HOP NATION

KRIP-HOP NATION Wednesday 19 November 8:00pm £6 FULL // £3 CONC. MCs, rappers, DJ’s and musicians from the USA, Germany, Uganda and the UK.

PATIENCE AGBABI - TELLING TALES

MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2014: PATIENCE AGBABI - TELLING TALES Thursday 16 October 7:30pm £6 FULL // £5 CONC. Award-winning poet Patience Agbabi retells Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales for the 21st century in her new collection Telling Tales.

Elusive Spring/Brothers in Blood

AFROVIBES 2014: ELUSIVE SPRING / BROTHERS IN BLOOD Tuesday 28 October 7:00pm FREE Rehearsed readings of two plays by one of South Africa’s most incisive playwrights.

Afrovibes; Skierlik

AFROVIBES 2014: SKIERLIK Thursday 30 & Friday 31 October 7:30pm £9 FULL // £5 CONC. This award-winning play revisits the horror of a racially-motivated shooting spree that devastated the remote settlement of Skierlik in 2008.

Tales From Moss Side And Hulme

With a focus on those of Caribbean, Sikh and Irish heritage, the film covers the period from the 1950s to the 1980s. It mixes historic BBC footage held at the North West Film Archive with contemporary interviews, allowing local people to tell the story in their own words. Includes scenes at Webster Street Primary School, the Crescents, the Nile Club and of the infamous riots. The screening will also include a Q&A with producer and director Karen Gabay.

Afrovibes: Rainbow Scars

AFROVIBES 2014: RAINBOW SCARS Wednesday 29 October 8:00pm £11 FULL // £6 CONC. A poignant and provocative exploration of identity and family, and what makes us who we are.

Carnival Archive Handling Session

Carnival Archive Handling Session (A Black History Month 2014 Event) We will have pictures and memories from Moss Side Caribbean Carnival at the Archives+ handling table – just drop in and share.

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The Unity Centre West Cheshire's Multicultural Community Hub International Fun Day Saturday, 1st November, 2014

Maya Angelou Poetry Workshops

Maya Angelou Poetry Workshops (A Black History Month 2014 Event) As part of Black History Month Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and Education Trust are holding two poetry workshops led by Commonword/Young Identity, using the work of Maya Angelou as inspiration. Each workshop will last for one and a half hours, from 1pm-2:30pm and from 3:00pm-4:30pm,

The Curious Incident Of ....

The Curious Incident Of The Gurkha Knife (A Black History Month 2014 Event) Based on a true story of a Gurkha knife on display in a shop in Deansgate, Manchester in 1915 we journey to Holland, South Africa, Nepal and India celebrating unseen heroic characters and stories in times of war. Written and performed by Anjum Malik, multi lingual Poet, Scriptwriter and teacher of creative writing. www.anjummalik.com This is an Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust project, funded by the Heritage Lottery