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SUMMARY:CoDE seminar: Transnational Black culture in Liverpool in the fin
 al decades of the 20th century: legacies of West Africa in the so-called
  ‘second city of empire’ Stephen Small
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DESCRIPTION:In this lunchtime seminar from the Centre on the Dynamics of 
 Ethnicity (CoDE)\, Professor Stephen Small (University of California\, B
 erkeley) shares his research.\n\nABSTRACT\n\nThroughout the twentieth ce
 ntury the resident Black population of Britain increased substantially f
 rom an estimated 20\,000 at the start of the century\, to an estimated 5
 0\,000 in the 1950s\; and to an estimated 400\,000 by the 1970s. By 1991
  the census reported it totaled almost 900\,000. Throughout this period 
 there were far more Black people with immediate origins in the Caribbean
  than in the continent of Africa. Unsurprisingly\, most research on Blac
 k Britain in this period is focused on this population - the so-called ‘
 Windrush Generation’ – that is\, West Indian settlers that arrived since
  the 1940s\, developed family units with two West Indian parents\, prima
 rily in London\, and with limited firsthand experience or collective mem
 ory of legacies of slavery and imperialism in England itself.  \nWhile B
 lack Liverpool shared much in common with Black London and other cities 
 in this period\, Liverpool’s assemblage of features - what I denote as a
  racialised anomaly -  was markedly different. There were more Africans 
 than West Indians\, more long-term citizens than recent immigrants\, the
  highest proportion of inter-racial marriages and people of mixed racial
  origins in any city in the nation\, more extensive first-hand experienc
 es and a far more vivid collective memory and first-hand experience of i
 mperialism in West Africa. These differences arose\, inter alia\, from t
 he city’s unique involvement in imperial trade in West Africa\, and the 
 settlement in imperial Liverpool of overwhelmingly male seamen from West
  Africa. \n\nIn this presentation\, drawing on research for my recently 
 published book – Black Liverpool: ‘the real thing’ -  I examine how the 
 historical trajectory of Black Liverpool gave rise to unique configurati
 ons of Black cultural expression in that city in the final decades of th
 e twentieth century. Specifically\, how the Black community in Liverpool
  pursued\, embraced and transformed waves of transnational Black culture
  from Africa\, and the diaspora. I highlight in particular the influence
 s from West Africa\, and the novel forms that Black cultural expression 
 took in the city. The role of gender ideologies\, institutional practice
 s and the agency and experiences of Black women are closely examined. On
 e implication of this study is that an analysis of Black Britain based o
 n a London-centered account of the so-called ‘Windrush Generation’ is un
 representative and misleading. \n\nRECORDING\n\nThis seminar will be rec
 orded.\n\nHOW TO JOIN US\nYou can attend this seminar in person at the U
 niversity of Manchester or online via Teams Webinar. Please register for
  the joining link and to be notified of any changes/cancellations. \n\nF
 INDING US AND ACCESSIBILITY\nSee links on this page to the University of
  Manchester Maps page (for information on getting to the university and 
 finding the building) and AccessAble (for accessibility information). Fo
 r any other accessibility questions please contact us. 
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LOCATION:G30/31\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manchester
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