Our 'From May to Etta, with Love' project Applied Stories Glamorgan Archives feature on ITV Wales. Thank you Mike Griffiths for supporting us and for putting together a great report 👏🏼

APPLY NOW: Opportunities for creatives in WALES ✨

Funding, artist callouts, commissions and more for this edition of our monthly Creative Opportunities Round-Up

A big Thank you to the families, and to the volunteers of TigerBay & the World who work tirelessly in order to preserve these stories for future generations. We are busy behind the scenes trying to identify as many individuals in all our archives, we can't do it without you.

#history

#tigerbay

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Congratulations #EdDwight the FIRST Black Astronaut ‼️

With best wishes from us all at #TigerBay 👏🏽 ❤️👏🏽

Finally eh #Nasa ..? 😎

#BlackHistoryMonth

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Day 20 of #MuslimHistoryMonth
Ever wondered who invented shampoo?
In 19th century, the art of shampooing travelled from India to Britain thanks to Sake Dean Mahomed
The English word ‘shampoo’ has its roots in the Hindi ‘champoo’ meaning ‘kneading’ or ‘massaging’.
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Beyond the Secret Garden: How to Write Children’s Books about Africa - new piece with Karen Sands-O'Connor booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyond…

and there's not been a single critical black, asian, and minority ethnic voice platformed by Nation.Cymru, BBC Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 or S4C 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 when the BAME population has grown 400% in 30 years. not all of us support labour bme, but it's so interesting it's so white in the public sphere

Come to see us today at the REACH+ office on the ground floor of Cardiff and Vale College | Coleg Caerdydd a’r Fro for our regular drop-in session. We are there every first and third Monday of the month 2pm-4pm sharing options on how to get involved in #volunteering around #Cardiff !

I am giving a talk to the Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group in two day's time. I've never delivered a seminar before. What are the do's and don'ts? My mate Jahanzeb said not to rely too much on powerpoint.

A few snippets from my 15 years documenting working class communities in the Valleys of South Wales

Did you know? we have joined TigerBay & the World & have a number of workshops aimed at identifying Images within the archive. Why not join us and see if you recognise any familiar faces? We have a Facebook group if you no longer live nearby or can't get to us. Tiger Bay & the world.

Still looking 👇🏻

Can anyone help?

#sewing

Discover the richness of Black history and culture at the latest Online Black History Month events! Join us in celebrating heritage, achievements, and unity. Don't miss out! #BHM2024 #BlackHistoryMonth

This little boy wants everyone to see his painting.

Please let's encourage him.

Do you or anyone you know (aged 50 +) who needs help with their ESOL/ #English or IT skills? Join our #ESOL & #IT sessions that run throughout the week! To find the right class for you please have a look at the sessions below, we run classes Monday - Thursday!

#Letsagewell

We're proud to be able to share this film by Gavin Porter . We No Longer Talk explores relationship to language in working class communities in north and south Wales. youtu.be/Xe5WL5a79ic

Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales Bedwyr Williams Ffion Wyn DR Rhys TRIMBLE CultOfDoris Rhys Mwyn

During my trip to Gambia, my family showed me precious books that’d been passed down through generations dating back to Timbuktu.

Our history survives through preservation, archiving and love. It was an incredible experience to sit with these in real life 📚

What a stunning photograph 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We are not going to let our country die, are we. We are not going to let it culturally die and wither on the vine,'
michael sheen 💙

Let's all shout louder for heritage, identity, culture, pride, and place in Wales until the government listens.
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