The Struggle to Teach the History of Africa and the Diaspora

Speaker Hakim Adi

Professor Adi is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Pan-African Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Hakim was the first historian of African heritage to become a professor of history in Britain.
In August 2024 he was the recipient of the ‘Outstanding African Studies Award’ by the African Studies Association (UK) in recognition of his ‘exceptional contribution to the field of African Studies, for expanding and disseminating knowledge on Africa.’ In April 2025 he … Read on ...

Asad Rehman at CLS Sunday

Asad Rehman is Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth UK (FoE)

Asad speaks about the way forward for the environmental and antiracist movement

The meeting also heard from the Cuban Ambassador

Claudia Jones annual commemoration

Sunday 22 February from 1.00-2.00.

Beside Claudia’s gravestone, to the left of Karl Marx’s grave in Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s Lane, London N6 6PJ. Nearest Underground at Archway station

Speakers include:

  • Gawain Little general secretary General Federation of Trade Unions.
  • Pragna Patel founder of Southall Black Sisters,
  • Frank Murray Caribbean Labour Solidarity
  • Dr Claire Holder former director of the Notting Hill Carnival
  • Rob Griffiths former general secretary Communist Party of Britain,
  • Georgina Andrews general secretary Young Communist League.