Sometimes we need to think outside the box in order to write more honestly and authentically. We will delve into age-old community traditions of Afro-Caribbean storytelling. We will learn from contemporary Black British storytellers and the roots of their historical narratives to help develop our own storytelling techniques, and we will share stories that could reconnect us with our own personal histories.

Your tutors are A.S. Francis (a Historian of Black British History and completing her PhD research on women’s involvements in Britain’s Black radical organisations during the 1960s-1980s, and the development of a Black women’s movement) and Maame Blue.