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The #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur may be over, but its articles live on!
Here's my personal top-ten list of articles we managed to publish over a frighteningly short period of time.
Authors and colleagues in tootland: we couldn't have done it without you!
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/enwogion-o-fri-the-history-of-wales-just-got-more-vibrant/
#Wales #histodons #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #LGBTQI #Deaf #DeafHistory #LGBTQIHistory
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Another milestone on the road to publishing day achieved: finished reading my way through the printer proofs -- 500+ pages and a few more footnotes added.
If in the meantime you'd like to find out more about this Welsh social novel from 1860, here's a link to a section from the introduction's draft version.
#WelshWritingInEnglish #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #Literature #Writing
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/announcing-the-37th-honno-welsh-womens-classics-volume/
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Check out the Dictionary of Welsh Biography's new interactive timeline!
Did you know that the Black coal merchant Cesar Picton, the Ladies of Llangollen and the Hawai'ian chiefess Elizabeth Peke Davis Kaumualii were all alive at the same time? What's their link, you ask? They're all people in Welsh history!
Browse the timeline for all the names connected to our #DiversityProject. Some of these names still don't have an article. If you want to write their life stories, get in touch: [email protected]
#Wales #histodons #digitalhumanities #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #LGBTQ #AgeOfRevolutions #Bywgraffiadur #Humanities
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If your interest is piqued, here's the #OpenAccess link to Robert Burrough's book "Black students in Imperial Britain: the African Institute, Colwyn Bay, 1889-1911" (2022) which details the lives and experiences of the Black students enrolled at Congo House/African Institute.
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10.3828/9781802077254
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Been doing a little digging around the history of Colwyn Bay's Congo House to find names for future inclusion in the #Bywgraffiadur. I was aware that none of the students' names had yet been included in the list, but i was certainly surprised that not even the founder, William Hughes, has been recognised yet, even though he would have fallen well into the centre of the Venn diagram (white, male, man of the cloth).
Anyway, here's a charming little mini #documentary as a primer into the history of the establishment, its founder and his students.
@histodons #histodons #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BAME
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Bookmarking this for upcoming work.
#BAME #History #Wales #Education #Resource -- and migrating my original hashtag from the birdsite: #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory
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🖍📕🖍 Discover ten greats of Welsh history together with your children in our colouring Book! 🖍📕🖍
📌 Get your own free, digital copy now on People's Collection Wales.
https://www.peoplescollection.wales/collections/2156156
#DiversityProject #EducationalResource
#Bywgraffiadur #wales #histodons #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory -
If your interest is piqued, here's the #OpenAccess link to Robert Burrough's book "Black students in Imperial Britain: the African Institute, Colwyn Bay, 1889-1911" (2022) which details the lives and experiences of the Black students enrolled at Congo House/African Institute.
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10.3828/9781802077254
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If your interest is piqued, here's the #OpenAccess link to Robert Burrough's book "Black students in Imperial Britain: the African Institute, Colwyn Bay, 1889-1911" (2022) which details the lives and experiences of the Black students enrolled at Congo House/African Institute.
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10.3828/9781802077254
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If your interest is piqued, here's the #OpenAccess link to Robert Burrough's book "Black students in Imperial Britain: the African Institute, Colwyn Bay, 1889-1911" (2022) which details the lives and experiences of the Black students enrolled at Congo House/African Institute.
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10.3828/9781802077254
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If your interest is piqued, here's the #OpenAccess link to Robert Burrough's book "lack students in Imperial Britain : the African Institute, Colwyn Bay, 1889-1911" (2022) which details the lives and experiences of the Black students enrolled at Congo House/African Institute.
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10.3828/9781802077254
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Been doing a little digging around the history of Colwyn Bay's Congo House to find names for future inclusion in the #Bywgraffiadur. I was aware that none of the students' names had yet been included in the list, but i was certainly surprised that not even the founder, William Hughes, has been recognised yet, even though he would have fallen well into the centre of the Venn diagram (white, male, man of the cloth).
Anyway, here's a charming little mini #documentary as a primer into the history of the establishment, its founder and his students.
@histodons #histodons #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BAME
https://youtu.be/kN9WdVfj4bE -
Been doing a little digging around the history of Colwyn Bay's Congo House to find names for future inclusion in the #Bywgraffiadur. I was aware that none of the students' names had yet been included in the list, but i was certainly surprised that not even the founder, William Hughes, has been recognised yet, even though he would have fallen well into the centre of the Venn diagram (white, male, man of the cloth).
Anyway, here's a charming little mini #documentary as a primer into the history of the establishment, its founder and his students.
@histodons #histodons #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BAME
https://youtu.be/kN9WdVfj4bE -
Been doing a little digging around the history of Colwyn Bay's Congo House to find names for future inclusion in the #Bywgraffiadur. I was aware that none of the students' names had yet been included in the list, but i was certainly surprised that not even the founder, William Hughes, has been recognised yet, even though he would have fallen well into the centre of the Venn diagram (white, male, man of the cloth).
Anyway, here's a charming little mini #documentary as a primer into the history of the establishment, its founder and his students.
@histodons #histodons #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BAME
https://youtu.be/kN9WdVfj4bE -
Been doing a little digging around the history of Colwyn Bay's Congo House to find names for future inclusion in the #Bywgraffiadur. I was aware that none of the students' names had yet been included in the list, but i was certainly surprised that not even the founder, William Hughes, has been recognised yet, even though he would have fallen well into the centre of the Venn diagram (white, male, man of the cloth).
Anyway, here's a charming little mini #documentary as a primer into the history of the establishment, its founder and his students.
@histodons #histodons #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BAME
https://youtu.be/kN9WdVfj4bE -
Bookmarking this for upcoming work.
#BAME #History #Wales #Education #Resource -- and migrating my original hashtag from the birdsite: #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory
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Bookmarking this for upcoming work.
#BAME #History #Wales #Education #Resource -- and migrating my original hashtag from the birdsite: #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory
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Bookmarking this for upcoming work.
#BAME #History #Wales #Education #Resource -- and migrating my original hashtag from the birdsite: #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory
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My third contribution to the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur: a short bio article about THOMAS RIGBY (c.1783-1841), publican and hairdresser. He is one of the earliest Black people settled in Carmarthenshire whose names we know.
This is the unedited version that just went to the editor.
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/thomas-rigby-c-1783-1841-publican-and-hairdresser/
#Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #histodons #Biography
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📢 NEW ARTICLE 📢
Congo House / African Training Institute, students
'Kwesi Ewusi (c.1881-1924) and Joseph A. Abraham (dates unknown) from the Gold Coast, for example, were associated with early Ethiopianist and pan-Africanist organisations in Britain. While studying at university, the Nigerians Ayodeji Oyejola (b. 1876) and Akidiya Ladapo Oluwole (dates unknown) were among the students who took on public-speaking engagements, which raised money for charitable causes in Britain, before they left to commence prominent careers as surgeons in west Africa. The South African Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu (1885-1959) would become a pioneering educator and a founder of the All African Convention, which rallied against segregationist policies in his homeland. ' -- Robert Burroughs
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-CONG-COL-1890
Image: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AYIKCRQIALQ2Q28V/pages/AWYZRD7JBUYOUV8S
#DiversityProject #Bywgraffidur #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons -
📢 NEW ARTICLE 📢
JAMES (JIM) SAPOE JOHN MANNAY (Ahmed Hassan Ismail) (1927 - 2012), historian and poet
'Together with his cousin Emily, Benjamin Johnson's daughter, Jim spent years recording the history of the Kru people. They both kept many documents relating to individuals and Jim wrote extensively about the community in Tiger Bay, detailing many Kru and English names and nicknames. He was also a poet whose life story was reflected in his work. Thanks to the accuracy of his storytelling, Jim's work has resulted in the identification of over 600 individuals from West Africa throughout the UK, and became the basis of research to identify seamen from the Kru community who served in the two World Wars.' -- Rebecca J EversleyRead the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-MANN-JOH-1927
#DiversityProject #Bywgraffiadur #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory
Darlun/Image: https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2173356
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📢 NEW ARTICLE 📢
WILLIAM ANDERSON HALL (born c. 1820), carpenter, fugitive from slavery, author
'Fleeing from enslavement, William was often helped by 'friends', a euphemism for the network of free African Americans and others who were sympathetic to those seeking to escape slavery and who made up the Underground Railroad. However, William's journey was far from straightforward. He was caught and imprisoned on at least two occasions, suffered beatings and betrayal and found that life in the free states of the North could be as precarious as in the South. It was only when William reached Canada that his 'old feelings of dread' left him.' -- Phil Okwedy
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-HALL-AND-1820#Bywgraffiadur #DiversityProject #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #AntiSlaveryMovement #histodons
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IRIS DE FREITAS BRAZAO (1896 - 1989), lawyer
'She enrolled with the Inner Temple Inns of Court in 1922 and was called to the bar in 1929, becoming the first female Barrister-at-Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean. She soon established herself as a barrister and was welcomed on her first appearance in the Supreme Court. She was the defense attorney in a 1932 murder case and saw her client acquitted, winning praise from the judge for her advocacy. She joined the civil service as a Temporary Legal Assistant in the Attorney General's Chamber and from April 1934 became the first female crown prosecutor in British Guiana.' -- Fiona Davies
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-DEFR-IRI-1896Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iris_de_Freitas_Brazao_first_female_lawyer_in_the_Caribbean.jpg
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CESAR PICTON (c. 1755 - 1836), coal merchant
'Cesar Picton was born c. 1755 in West Africa, possibly Senegal, and was brought to Britain in 1761 at the age of around six. The earliest reference to him is a note made on 8 November 1761 in the journal of Sir John Philipps of Picton (Philipps Family), sixth baronet (1701-1764), who represented Pembrokeshire in Parliament with the residence Norbiton Place in Kingston upon Thames: 'Went to Norbiton with Capt. Parr and Lieut. Rees, taking with me a Black Boy from Senegal given me by Capt. Parr, also a Paraquet and foreign Duck.'' -- Katie Barrett
Discover the rest of Cesar's story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-PICT-CES-1755#BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #Wales #BAMEHistory #BlackHistory #BritishEmpire #histodons #DiversityProject #Bywgraffiadur
Image: Picton House, Kingston https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Picton_House_-_Kingston.jpeg
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A bit of a change from my growing list of missionaries, I have now stumbled into #boxing history.
This is Lloyd 'Kid' Davis (often spelled Davies), originally from #USA, but settled in #Swansea, #Wales, by the first decade of the twentieth century. He started life as a professional athlete as a sprinter, but then made the successful switch to boxing by the 1890s. He fought several international matches and appears to have enjoyed decent recognition and fair financial payoff. Or at least that's my impression from this wonderful illustrated page from a French sporting magazine.
Fingers crossed, we have someone with an interest in #SportHistory who wants to add his biography to the #Bywgraffiadur.
French sporting mag:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9603658g/f6.imageImage source:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53109952z/f1.item -
I know we're all a bit preoccupied with goings on in the States and whether they elect to remain a democracy or abolish it. But nevertheless, here's my humble attempt at a diversion.
I've just dotted the i-s and crossed the t-s for my introduction to the latest Honno Welsh Women's Classics volume. And because I'm in a celebratory mood, here's an extract from said intro in which I discuss the role of the Black servant Yarico and her significance for #Victorian literature set in rural #Wales
#WelshWritingInEnglish #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #Literature #Writing
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In case you're interested in national #biography projects, #Wales, or #BAMEHistory or any configuration of the above, here's the English version of my piece for the current issue of the Welsh-language history magazine Hanes Byw.
#BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #Bywgraffiadur #DiversityProject
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What's this? What's this?! A new page on the #Bywgraffiadur website presenting our growing list of names and some info on the #Diversity project?
If you fancy writing a short biographical article about any of the people included in the list, or would like to suggest new additions, please get in touch!
#histodons #BAMEHistory #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory @academicchatter
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We're collecting names of historical Black, Asian and Minority-Ethnic individuals and groups of all sorts who have a significant link with #Wales for potential future inclusion in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography as part of our Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan project.
I'm currently compiling a list of suitable candidates, one of which are the many Italian Welsh families who have left a massive culinary imprint on Welsh cuisine and coffee culture.
If you have a name you'd like added -- or want to write about yourself, please get in touch!
@histodons #histodon #Bywgraffiadur #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BAMEHistory
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From 'Changing the Archive: History and Memory as Cultural Politics in Multi-Ethnic Wales' by Glenn Jordan and Chris Weedon in
O'Leary, P., Williams, C. (Ed.), & Evans, N. (Ed.) (2015). A Tolerant Nation? Revisiting Ethnic Diversity in a Devolved Wales. (2 ed.) Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | University of Wales Press.
#histodon #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #Cardiff #Butetown