September 24th, 2021

BUSINESS • Black Wall Street Shop opens in Camden. Provides a showcase for black artisans to display their wares. https://www.blackwallstreetlondon.com • Black Owned Hackney Market 16th October https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-owned-hackney-market-tickets-175510184687?aff=ebdssbnotavail • Afrotouch greeting cards now being sold in John Lewis https://www.johnlewis.com/browse/home-garden/gift-wrap-cards-party-shop/greetings-cards/afrotouch-design/_/N-1dimZlpq5 https://afrotouch.design RESTAURANTS • Akoko Restaurant - West African restaurant in the heart of the west end. Currently averaging 4.8/5 on Google reviews https://akoko.co.uk Review: https://www.elledecoration.co.uk/travel/restaurants/a34368605/akoko-restaurant/ • Rudie’s Jerk Shack to open in Brixton Village this November https://brixtonvillage.com/news#rudies-jerk-shack-to-launch-in-brixton-village `

FILMS • Netflix Uncorked - A young black man upsets his father when he pursues his dream of becoming a master sommelier instead of joining the family barbecue business. EVENTS • 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, 14-17 October https://www.1-54.com/london/ BOOKS • The Other Black Girl Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris (US) PODCASTS • Power Hour Adrienne Herbert (UK) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/power-hour/id1443615779 • Model Health Show Shawn Stevenson (US) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-model-health-show/id640246578 RADIO • Girl, Women, Other - serialised for radio by the BBC read by Patricia Cumper available on the BBC Sounds app https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jmmn WHAT AM I READING? • Disparities in Wealth by Race and Ethnicity in the 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances (US) https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/disparities-in-wealth-by-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-2019-survey-of-consumer-finances-20200928.htm PEOPLE IN EDUCATION • Lord Woolley to become first black man to head Oxbridge college https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/31/lord-woolley-former-head-of-race-disparity-unit-to-be-principal-at-cambridge-university • Sir Geoff Palmer named Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2021/professor-sir-geoff-palmer-named-chancellor.htm • Ms Sonita Alleyne became the Master of Jesus College in October 2019. https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/people/sonita-alleyne