Skip to main content

Catalogue > By Keyword > British Empire

5 results | Page 1 of 1

salt.
Artist/Author: Selina Thompson | Reference: P3667 | ISBN: 9780571352265 | Type: Publication

In 2016, two artists embarked a cargo ship and retraced a route of the Transatlantic Slave Triangle – Europe, Africa, the Caribbean – all the while contemplating the notion of home. Both real and imagined, it was a journey to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, propelled by questions and grief; a journey backwards in order to go forwards, a diaspora. This show is what they brought back.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041).

Amnesty International British Empire colonialism diaspora Edinburgh Fringe freedom of expression history identity race racism slavery Southbank Centre theatre Total Theatre UK

Rhodes Must Fall: The Struggle to Decolonise the Racist Heart of Empire
Artist/Author: Rhodes Must Fall Movement Oxford | Editor: Brian Kwoba, Rose Chantiluke, Athinangamso Nkopo | Reference: P3620 | ISBN: 978-1786993908 | Type: Publication

When students at Oxford University called for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed, following similar calls by students in Cape Town, the significance of these protests was felt across continents. This was not simply about tearing down an outward symbol of British imperialism – a monument glorifying a colonial conqueror – but about confronting the toxic inheritance of the past, and challenging the continued underrepresentation of people of colour at universities.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041).

activism black British Empire civil rights colonialism discrimination education England history human rights imperialism intersectionality politics protest race racism solidarity South Africa student UK university

Decolonizing Solidarity: Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles
Artist/Author: Clare Land | Reference: P3531 | ISBN: 978-1783601721 | Type: Publication

Interrogates the often fraught endeavours of activists from colonial backgrounds seeking to be politically supportive of Indigenous struggles.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

Aboriginal Affairs Aborigines activism allies Australia black power Bob Pease British Empire civil rights colonisation criticism difference ethnicity FCAATSI Gary Foley Gary Murray human rights humility hybridity indigenous indigenous peoples Kuni Jenkins land middle class political action politics postcolonialism privilege race racism Robbie Thorpe solidarity Stephen Burghardt theory trust Wayne Atkinson white people

Theatre and Scotland
Artist/Author: Dr Trish Reid | Reference: P3007 | ISBN: 978-0230292611 | Type: Publication

A concise overview of the shifting roles of theatre and theatricality in Scottish culture, asking important questions about the relationship between Scottish theatre, history and identity, and celebrating the recent emergence of a generation of internationally successful Scottish playwrights.

Anthony Neilson antitheatricality Bill Findlay British Empire Citizens Theatre David Greig David Harrower David Lindsay David McCrone devolution Edinburgh Festival Edinburgh Fringe Gaelic Gregory Burke heterogeneity John McGrath language masculinism National Theatre of Scotland nationality Nuity Theatre popular forms reformation Rona Munro Suspect Culture Traverse Vanishing Point

Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s
Artist/Author: Eddie Chambers | Reference: P2846 | ISBN: 978-1780762722 | Type: Publication

Beginning with discussions of the pioneering generation of artists such as Ronald Moody, Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling, Chambers candidly discusses the problems and progression of several generations, including contemporary artists such as Steve McQueen, Chris Ofili and Yinka Shonibare.

20th century Africa art art history Asia Birmingham black Britain British Empire Brixton Caribbean Commonwealth culture diaspora ethnicity Europe Ghana identity India Jamaica Kenya London modernism New York Nigeria painting Palostan Permindar Kaur race Sokari Douglas Camp Sonia Boyce UK Uzo Egonu Veronica Ryan visibility

Donation

£