Category: Meetings
The Struggle to Teach the History of Africa and the Diaspora
Speaker Hakim Adi
Professor Adi is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Pan-African Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Hakim was the first historian of African heritage to become a professor of history in Britain.
In August 2024 he was the recipient of the ‘Outstanding African Studies Award’ by the African Studies Association (UK) in recognition of his ‘exceptional contribution to the field of African Studies, for expanding and disseminating knowledge on Africa.’ In April 2025 he … Read on ...
Hands off Cuba
Speakers: The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba
Her Excellency Mrs. Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter
and distinguished Caribbean journalist
Earl Bosquet
The oil embargo imposed on Cuba by the US government will have important implications for the future of the Revolution.
Update on the Reparations Campaign
Speakers: Luke Daniels, President of Caribbean Labour Solidarity & Steve Cushion, Author of Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World
The CARICOM Reparations Commission recently sent a delegation to Britain to further the campaign for Reparations for African Enslavement.
CLS executive members attended a “Dialogue on Reparatory Justice” with the Caricom Reparations Commission. We heard that CARICOM is preparing an updated version of the 10 point plan, which will take the form of a manifesto. There are also developments in the partnership of CARICOM with the African Union. members of the CLS … Read on ...