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Oral History
YHP filmed oral history interviews with individuals who played important roles in developing, documenting, teaching, and making Black British history accessible. We chose several key contributors across the fields of education, public history, academia, the arts, and archives. These include Hakim Adi, Ziggi Alexander, Jak Beula of the Nubian Jak Community Trust, Vanley Burke, Nigel File, Askala Miriam, Chris Power, Colin Prescod, Roy Sawh, Marika Sherwood, and Rosemary Campbell–Stephens. We asked about their backgrounds, motivations, experiences, and advice for future generations interested in Black British history. Their interviews provide a range of perspectives on the people, organisations, ideas, and initiatives that have shaped the development and recognition of Black history in Britain over the past 75 years. We are incredibly grateful to everyone that participated and shared their stories with us.
Hakim Adi
Hakim Adi is a historian specialising in the history of Africa and the African diaspora. In 2015, he became the first Black historian to become a history professor in Britain. He has co-founded several organisations, including BASA and the Young Historians Project. His book African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History was shortlisted for the 2023 Wolfson History Prize. In 2024, he received the African Studies Association's (ASAUK) Outstanding African Studies Award for his contribution to the field.
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Ziggi Alexander
Ziggi Alexander CBE is a Dominican-British community historian, writer and researcher who has worked extensively on Black British history. She co-produced the pioneering Roots in Britain exhibition in 1980 and, with Audrey Dewjee, edited a modern edition of Mary Seacole’s autobiography in 1984. She has also written on Black women’s history and worked in library and community education.
Dr Jak Beula
Dr Jak Beula is an educator, cultural historian, heritage designer and founder of the Nubian Jak Community Trust (NJCT). The NJCT researches, designs, fundraises, and installs plaques, memorials, and sculptures to commemorate Black and minority ethnic historical figures. Beula Jak also pioneered the annual African and Caribbean Remembrance Sunday at Windrush Square, and helped design the African and Caribbean War Memorial in Brixton as well as the Whittington Hospital's Windrush and Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Statue.
Nigel File
Nigel File is a former history teacher and author. He co-wrote Black Settlers in Britain 1555–1958 with Chris Power. Published by Heinemann in 1981, the book used archival sources to document the presence and experiences of Black people in Britain.
Askala Miriam
Askala Miriam is an early community organiser and activist. She was a founding board member of the African People’s Historical Monument Foundation, the organisation through which the Black Cultural Archives project was established, alongside Len Garrison, Makeda Coaston, and others. Miriam was also involved with the Rastafari organisation Tree of Life. In 1981, Miriam helped facilitate the political tour of American civil rights leader Queen Mother Moore (1898–1997) to the UK.
Colin Prescod
Colin Prescod is a sociologist, documentary filmmaker, activist, and chair of the Institute of Race Relation's Council of Management. He is known for his curatorial work across academia, film, television, museums, archives and heritage. Prescod has contributed to several major London exhibitions including London, Sugar & Slavery at the London Museum Docklands, No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990 at Guildhall Art Gallery and Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land at the British Library.
Chris Power
Chris Power was an education professional and writer who co-authored Black Settlers in Britain 1555–1958 with Nigel File, published by Heinemann in 1981. The book used contemporary and historical sources to examine the history and experiences of Black people in Britain. Power subsequently published works on subjects including health, class and the history of surfing in Britain.
Roy Sawh
Roy Sawh (1934–2023) was a Guyanese anti-racist and civil-rights activist and public speaker, best known for his speeches at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park. He published the pamphlet From Where I Stand in 1967, addressing racism, migration, colonialism and British imperialism. In 1969, Sawh founded the Free University for Black Studies in London. Sawh was a leading member of the Universal Coloured People’s Association (UCPA), a radical anti-racist organization which was founded by the Nigerian writer Obi Egbuna in 1967.⁽¹⁾
Marika Sherwood
Marika Sherwood (1937–2025) was a Hungarian-born British historian, researcher, educator, and author who specialised in African, Caribbean, and Black British history. She was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and co-founded the Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA) with Hakim Adi in 1991. Her published numerous articles, newsletters, and books, such as After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade Since 1807 (2007) and Claudia Jones – A Life in Exile (1999). In 2022, she received an honorary Doctorate of History from the University of Chichester.
Rosemary Campbell-Stephens
Rosemary Campbell-Stephens MBE is an educator and writer. She designed and led the Investing in Diversity leadership programme at the Institute of Education, UCL, from 2003 to 2011. She was awarded an MBE in 2015 for services to education. She later worked internationally, including as Director of the National College for Educational Leadership in Jamaica. In 2021, she authored the book Educational Leadership and the Global Majority: Decolonising Narratives.
