Check out Manchester Museum Encyclopedia of Wondrous Objects thread on the Refugee Life Jacket in their collection, raising awareness of refugees and displaced people #RefugeesWelcome

Great opportunity for black writers from Graydon House Books, which is a division of Harper Collins, and usually only accepts agented submissions!

Sculptures honouring Windrush generation to be unveiled in London in 2021 theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Congratulations to our own Dr Jade Munslow Ong who has just accepted a £203,062 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a project on South African Modernism 1880-2020: testlivesalfordac.sharepoint.com/sites/Schoolof…

This week we’re so excited to join forces with Manchester Metropolitan Uni & The University of Manchester for #PAC75, a 4-day celebration, marking the 75th anniversary of the 5th Pan-African Congress. Join us for events with international academics, journalists & authors. Read more: salford.ac.uk/news/fifth-pan…

Are you up for a day of big ideas? 10AM Deej+ Afua Hirsch 13:30 Debate Gary Younge Shirin Hirsch Farida Vis 19:30 Keynote Kwame Anthony Appiah son of JOE APPIAH of 1945 PAC chaired by Ola Uduku The MSA GET #pac75 TIX mmu.ac.uk/pac75 #BlackHistoryMonthUK

Sign up for #pac75 events here mmu.ac.uk/pac75 or catch up on youtube youtube.com/channel/UC8f7i… PSA Postcolonial Public Postcolonial Studies New Voices in Postcolonial Studies WorldLiterature postcolonialy planet Postcolonial Studies Lpool Postcolonial Journal of Postcolonial Writing Mcr Postcolonial

As part of #pac75, organised by Manchester Metropolitan Uni The University of Manchester and University of Salford, I have organised a free Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workshop with EW Group, funded by NW Consortium DTP. You can book onto the event here eventbrite.co.uk/e/5th-pan-afri… Please retweet!

Brilliant lecture by Kwame Anthony Appiah on the politics of Pan-Africanism, black identity and the unity of solidarity #pac75

It's been awesome working with these creative dance experts Carol Tiriongo Steadman Baptiste & TJkaabaman in creating some African inspired dance performances to educate/entertain you as part of the #Pac75 SUs events premiering on Sunday 18-Oct @ 10am via 👉 fb.me/e/7TaEN1IDt

On now - a University of Salford and student-led contribution to the PAC@75 celebrations facebook.com/UoSArtsMedia/v… #pac75

JOIN discussion live on youtube now! youtube.com/watch?v=uGQrCT… Now: on 'polite racism' in UK No pressure (+not trying to sound like an old fogey): These young people *will* change the world #pac75 #antiracism #BlackHistoryMonth Kwame Asamoah Kwarteng 🇬🇭 University of Manchester Students’ Union @Bolton_SU @salfords

Lemn Sissay about to be interviewed by a panel of students, including our own Emma Barnes youtube.com/watch?feature=…

Beautiful work from our friends, UoS_Students and University of Salford colleagues. So much joy brought to our creative and green spaces this #BlackHistoryMonth Head over to the School of Arts, Media & Creative Technology Facebook Page to watch #PAC75

Curator of PAC@75 and The MSA Professor Ola Uduku will share her vision for the future, joined by Professor Jenny Watling, Berrisford Edwards (The University of Manchester), Dr Jade Munslow Ong (University of Salford) and others with closing reflections. ➡️ ow.ly/dM3B50BUwZ1 #Pac75

What a pleasure it was to be 'in conversation' with lemn sissay OBE FRSL. Thank you, Lemn, and thank you to all the organisers of #pac75!

What a nourishing Sunday with lemn sissay OBE FRSL: brought nods +tears+hope at same time. Feel empowered moving forward. Thank you Lemn, Chancellor The University of Manchester + Berrisford Edwards UoM BAME SNG @ Dear Young Afrikan Podcast Dr Emma Barnes Dr Ong University of Salford Bolu University of Greater Manchester Ola Uduku Manchester Metropolitan Uni #pac75

OUT NOW: 'The Palgrave Handbook of Animals and Literature' edited by Susan McHugh, Robert McKay and John Miller. This volume is the first comprehensive guide to current research on animals, animality, and human-animal relations in Literature. palgrave.com/gb/book/978303…