#BlackLivesMatter Part 2 #BritainisnotInnocent - A Panel Discussion | SOAS Festival of Ideas
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 2020-11-09

This panel looks at the history of the Black Lives Matter Movement in the UK and USA. Expert panelists will discuss ongoing coloniality, scrutinise how whiteness operates in contemporary discussions regarding the BLM movement, and contextualise the global anti-racist movements in education. The BLM discussion has a commonwealth and diaspora theme, with a focus on decolonising education and youth movements.

The panelists include:

Aniesha Obuobie, Moderator
Aleida Borges, she is a scholar doing research on youth movements in Lusophone African countries.
Lola Olufemi who led the Cambridge #mycurriculumsowhite movement. She is also the author of Feminism Interrupted.
Chumani Maxwele, the South African activist and founder of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement.
Tasha Harris, US Based Educator and longtime advocate for black children and families.

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