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Hello and welcome to this week's Trafford TV, with me Steph Grundy.
This month was officially marked as Black History Month.
Black History Month is now a regular annual celebration of the
history and culture of ethnic communities across the UK.
Trafford Council celebrated Black History Month with a very exciting and varied programme of events.
Today I am joined by Robina Sheikh the arts and cultural development officer.
So Robina, tell us why we celebrate Black History Month?
Well before I answer that question I'd just like to put it in to some sort of
context of why we do celebrate Black History Month.
One of the things is that it originated in America in 1926
by gentleman called Carter Woodhouse
and he felt it was really important that black history need to be celebrated
and at the time it was called *** History Month.
and obviously some of the things celebrated were unique to the USA.
So when we started celebrating it in the UK we took onboard the fact that we've got South Asian communities
within that title of 'black'.
So that what we've been doing in Trafford. We set up a steering
group meeting and we've been delivering a range of activities in Trafford.
And what have some of the highlights been of Black History Month so far?
Well what we've tried to do is make sure that there are activities for
young people, old people, communities and employees of Trafford Council. So it was quite diverse.
One of the highlights at the Waterside Arts Centre
was when we programmed an event called 'The Black Word'
which was part of the National Year Year of Reading
which also took place this year. We encouraged community groups
to take part in an event that was inspired by black writers and black authors.
It was drama, dance, music, poetry. So we had lots of community groups that took part.
That creates a lot of interest around Black History Month. Where can people go to find out more about black history?
At Sale Library there is the Local History Studies Centre where
people can get more information and also on the council website.
This is the final week of Black History Month.
Is there anything left for people who want to visit an event or find out more?
It is the last week. There is one event left programmed,
which is by Rani Moorthy which is Rasa Productions
'Shades of Brown' and that's taking place on Friday 31 October
So if you don't want to celebrate Halloween you could come along and watch Shades of Brown.
It starts at 8 o'clock at Waterside Arts Centre.
Thank you Robina. That's all from us this week. Join us again next week on Trafford TV.