BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES HOUSING SCANDAL + PROF ROBERT BECKFORD: Black Academia, Media and Reparations

In this week's Black World News, Kehinde Andrews makes plain the irony of Birmingham being a majority minority city with a social housing crisis who hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
This week’s interview is with Robert Beckford a scholar-activist researching the intersections of faith and racial justice in and through diverse media texts. He has written multiple books and man made numerous documentaries. The conversation is centred around the challenges faced by Black scholars, the power of media in driving change and the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and addressing social justice issues.
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BLACK WORLD NEWS LINKS
Flats intended for athletes in Commonwealth Games could be used as social housing
www.insidehous...
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GUEST LINKS
Robert Beckford Docs : • The Secret Family of J...
Robert Beckford Books
www.thriftbook...
THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU
Harambee Organisation of Black Unity
(Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK)
www.blackunity...
CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome)
On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone.
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BUF - Black United Front
Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to [e-mail] to be listed.
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SOCIALS
Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews (X) @kehinde_andrews
Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso
Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Blog) / @makeitplain1964 (YT)
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Make it Plain if the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

[@GRTVO]

Imagine if we all had Professor Beckford's enthusiasm and mentality, what we could collectively achieve.

[@Stalker-nv7gi]

Labour council for you. Who'd you vote for?

[@amandlax1604]

This was such an inspiring conversation Prof! Thank you for introducing me to Prof Beckford’s trailblazing body of work. I was literally shedding tears of JOY and HOPE towards the end😅 This is why I love us so much ✊🏿♥️

[@gum516]

Dr Andrews, makes me want to go to Waterstones and but your book on the history of black radicals. Great to know you're from Birmingham too! I read your book New Age of Empire, my support worker told me to get rid of all my books on smart thinking to do with racial politics he says they're no good for my mental health...

[@Faridbuza]

Robert Beckford is the real deal. At Birmingham, he supported and mentored Black academics, even those who were outside his academic field.

[@DennisNelson-ee2il]

When speaking of Black intellectuals,my inspiration is Franz Fanon.

[@ericamcinnis6132]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾well done. Excellent session. Learnt a lot. Good speaking truth to power ✊🏾

[@user-tt2qn1cj1x]

20:42 So right Robert Beckford

[@donovanreece5820]

Sorry to hear of your wife....as late...
Glad to find this channel

[@bl00dhoney]

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