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SUMMARY:University of Oxford Black History Month Lecture 2025 Power and Pr
 ide: Histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain - Professor Haki
 m Adi (London School of Economics)
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DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Black History Month Lecture will be delivered by awar
 d-winning historian Professor Hakim Adi. The event is organised by the Uni
 versity of Oxford BME Staff Network and the Equality and Diversity Unit wh
 o are honoured to welcome Hakim as this year's speaker. \n\nThe lecture wi
 ll explore themes of power and pride in the rich histories of African and 
 Caribbean people in Britain\, encompassing approximately 10\,000 years of 
 Britain's history.\n\nHakim is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department 
 of International History at the London School of Economics and Professoria
 l Research Associate at the Centre of Pan-African Studies at the School of
  Oriental and African Studies. He was the first historian of African herit
 age to become a professor of history in Britain. \n\nIn August 2024\, Haki
 m was the recipient of the ‘Outstanding African Studies Award’ by the 
 African Studies Association (UK) in recognition of his ‘exceptional cont
 ribution to the field of African Studies\, for expanding and disseminating
  knowledge on Africa.’ In April 2025\, he was awarded the Amilcar Cabral
  Centenary Medallion by the Fundação Amilcar Cabral (Cape Verde) for his
  work honouring the memory of Amilcar Cabral.\n\nHakim has appeared in man
 y documentary films\, on TV and on radio and has written widely on the his
 tory of Africa and the African Diaspora\, including three history books fo
 r children. His most recent publication\, Africa and Caribbean People in B
 ritain: A History (Allen Lane\, 2023)\, was shortlisted for the prestigiou
 s Wolfson History Prize in Britain in September 2023.\nSpeakers:\nProfesso
 r Hakim Adi (London School of Economics)
LOCATION:Keble College (O’Reilly Theatre)\, Parks Road OX1 3PG
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