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Black Cultural Archives in Brixton

SOUL OF LONDON RESOURCES

TOURS

500 Years of Black London
Steve Martin offers a walking tour of central London from Westminster Bridge to Covent Garden; group reservations only; 020-7326-4429

Brixton Tours
Provides one hour walking tours of Brixton; individual and group reservations accepted; 020-7274-6093


CD ROM

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Transatlantic Slave Trade (National Museums of Liverpool)
or more resources relating to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, go to the
Historical Context section.


NON-FICTION BOOKS

Africans on Stage: Studies in Ethnological Show Business

Black Edwardians: Black People in Britain 1901-1914

Black London: Life Before Emancipation

Black Victorians--Black Victoriana

Composition in Black and White (Philippa Schuyler Story)

Deep Are The Roots: Memoirs of a Black Expatriate

Go Girl: The Black Women's Guide to Travel and Adventure

London Crossings: A Biography of Black Britain

Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain

We Won't Budge: An African Exile in the World

Windrush: The Irresistable Rise of Multi-Racial Britain

FICTION BOOKS

Hottentot Venus

White Teeth


DVD

Beyonce - Live at Wembley

Destiny's Child - World Tour

Dizzy Gillepsie - Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London

Donnie McClurkin - Live in London

Luther Vandross - Live at Wembley

Paul Robeson - Here I Stand

Sade - Live Concert Home Video

Sade - Lovers Live

To Sir, With Love

USEFUL BOOKS FOR LONDON TRAVEL

Hello Britain and Ireland! Best Budget Hotels in Great Britain, Ireland and Scotland

London (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

London Mapguide: The Essential Guide to Experience London

Rick Steves' London


DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS

The Lambeth Archives
Offers a huge range of Brixton archive local material, with old maps, parish records, photos and a cuttings and ephemera collection; 52 Knatchbull Road, SE5; 020-7926-6076

PUBLICATIONS

The Windrush Legacy

Memories of Britain's Post-War Caribbean Immigrants
Based on oral history interviews of Black people from the Caribbean in the 1940s and 50s, with an introduction by Prof. Stuart Hall; Contact details: Sam Walker, Black Cultural Archives, 378 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8LF; 0171-738-4591

WEBSITES

If you want information on current events, restaurants and historical facts about the Black community in London, check out these websites.

100 Great Black Britons

African History Month

African Restaurants - London

Black Britain

Black Enterprise

Black History Month (Annual October Celebration)

Black in Britain

Black London

Black Presence in Britain

Blacknet UK

Black Information Link

Brixton

Caribbean Directory

Caribbean Restaurants - London

Changing Black Britain

Generations Journey (Afro-Caribbean history in Kirklees, West Yorshire)

My Brixton

The Voice (Black Newspaper)