History News
Project Launch for "Africa's Sons Under Arms"
The London launch of the 糖心TV-BL AHRC-funded project "" was held at the British Library on January 20th. The project team [ and from 糖心TV, Phil Hatfield and Beth Cooper from the British Library, together with graduate students Melissa Bennett and Rosalyn Narayan] outlined the various research-focused components as well as plans for wider public engagement. Attendees included the Jamaican ambassador, community organisations with an interest in the Caribbean, academics and students from a number of different universities, and British Library staff. There was widespread enthusiasm for the project, and it became apparent that there were a number of potentially exciting avenues for future collaboration that the project team will follow up on.