By Helen King “there are books that make you laugh or cry, and there are books that change your way of thinking and your life.” Quote: Email from Dania, 25/11/12.Photograph: Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo as his sister, Antoinette Sithole, runs beside them. Sam Nzima, 1976. Sam Nzima’s photograph of 13-year-old Hector Pieterson, …
By Kate Cairns “It’s our world. And we’ll do what we can to be part of the plan.It’s our world. And it’s wasting away, we’ve got to stop or we’ll pay.It’s our world. And we’ve got to save it now!” Quote: Assignment: Earth by Roger Emerson, 1990. Image: Assignment: Earth Teacher Manual. The year is …
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By Karen Sands-O’Connor “Black BritishStan firm inna inglan,inna disya time yah…” Quote: Linton Kwesi Johnson, “It Dread Inna Inglan,” 1978. Image: Karen Sands-O’Connor, 2020. In 1978, Margaret Thatcher appeared on Granada’s “World in Action” programme to talk about her proposed policies should she win the election and become prime minister. Asked about immigration from the …
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