David Lammy attends the House of Lords launch of the Oxford Companion to Black British History.

Friday, 23 March 2007

David Lammy yesterday attended the House of Lords launch of the Oxford Companion to Black British History. This important and timely book explores the Black experience in the British Isles from Roman times to the present day. David Lammy MP and Minister for Culture praised the book: "From Haiti, to Kingston, to Harlem, to Tottenham, the story of the African Diaspora is seldom told. This Companion will ensure that the history of Black Britain begins to take its rightful place in mainstream British consciousness." Edited by David Dabydeen, prize-winning novelist and noted academic, and respected scholars John Gilmore and Cecily Jones and written by more than 100 specialists under the direction of Professor Dabydeen, his colleagues, and a distinguished team of advisers It contains detailed timeline charts of key dates for people and events from the 2nd century AD to the 21st century. It will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the long and fascinating history of black people in the British Isles, from African auxiliaries stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the 2nd century AD, through John Edmonstone, who taught taxidermy to Charles Darwin, Mary Seacole, the 'Black Florence Nightingale', and Walter Tull, footballer and First World War officer, to our own day. In this Bicentenary Year of the Parliamentary Act Abolishing the Transatlantic Slave Trade, it considers such key concepts as Emancipation and Reparations. It is also timely: the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority highlighted in their annual report of December 2005 the need to give more attention to the wider teaching of black history. OCBBH brings together a uniquecollection of articles which provides an overview of the black presence in Britain, and the rich and diverse contribution made to British society. Please click here if you want to read more about this important book. To download an order form for the Oxford Companion to Black British History click here.

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