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OUT NOW: 'The Palgrave Handbook of Animals and Literature' edited by Susan McHugh, Robert McKay and John Miller. This volume is the first comprehensive guide to current research on animals, animality, and human-animal relations in Literature. palgrave.com/gb/book/978303…

What a nourishing Sunday with @lemnsissay: brought nods +tears+hope at same time. Feel empowered moving forward. Thank you Lemn, Chancellor @OfficialUoM + @Berrisford_E @UoM_BAME_SNG @ @nanafreduaagyem @Emma_MBarnes Dr Ong @SalfordUni Bolu @BoltonUni @twolatweet @ManMetUni #pac75

What a pleasure it was to be 'in conversation' with @lemnsissay. Thank you, Lemn, and thank you to all the organisers of #pac75!

Beautiful work from our friends, @UoS_Students and @SalfordUni colleagues. So much joy brought to our creative and green spaces this #BlackHistoryMonth Head over to the @UoS_ArtsMedia Facebook Page to watch #PAC75

Curator of PAC@75 and @TheMSArch Professor Ola Uduku will share her vision for the future, joined by Professor Jenny Watling, Berrisford Edwards (@OfficialUoM), Dr Jade Munslow Ong (@SalfordUni) and others with closing reflections. ➡️ ow.ly/dM3B50BUwZ1 #Pac75

Lemn Sissay about to be interviewed by a panel of students, including our own Emma Barnes youtube.com/watch?feature=…

JOIN discussion live on youtube now! youtube.com/watch?v=uGQrCT… Now: on 'polite racism' in UK No pressure (+not trying to sound like an old fogey): These young people *will* change the world #pac75 #antiracism #BlackHistoryMonth @asamoahpeters @ManchesterSU @Bolton_SU @salfords

On now - a University of Salford and student-led contribution to the PAC@75 celebrations facebook.com/UoSArtsMedia/v… #pac75

It's been awesome working with these creative dance experts @CarolTiri1 Steadman Baptiste & TJkaabaman in creating some African inspired dance performances to educate/entertain you as part of the #Pac75 SUs events premiering on Sunday 18-Oct @ 10am via 👉 fb.me/e/7TaEN1IDt

Brilliant lecture by Kwame Anthony Appiah on the politics of Pan-Africanism, black identity and the unity of solidarity #pac75

As part of #pac75, organised by @ManMetUni @OfficialUoM and @SalfordUni, I have organised a free Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workshop with @theewgroup, funded by @NWC_DTP. You can book onto the event here eventbrite.co.uk/e/5th-pan-afri… Please retweet!

Sign up for #pac75 events here mmu.ac.uk/pac75 or catch up on youtube youtube.com/channel/UC8f7i… @PSA_poco @PocoPublic @PostcolonialUB @NVPoco @WorldLitNetwork @ColonialyPlanet @PostcolonialUB @Lpoolpostcol @Routledge_JPW @McrPoco

Are you up for a day of big ideas? 10AM @fanoniscanon+ Afua Hirsch 13:30 Debate @garyyounge @ShirinHirsch @Flygirltwo 19:30 Keynote @KAnthonyAppiah son of JOE APPIAH of 1945 PAC chaired by @twolatweet @TheMSArch GET #pac75 TIX mmu.ac.uk/pac75 #BlackHistoryMonthUK

This week we’re so excited to join forces with @ManMetUni & @OfficialUoM for #PAC75, a 4-day celebration, marking the 75th anniversary of the 5th Pan-African Congress. Join us for events with international academics, journalists & authors. Read more: salford.ac.uk/news/fifth-pan…

Congratulations to our own Dr Jade Munslow Ong who has just accepted a £203,062 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a project on South African Modernism 1880-2020: testlivesalfordac.sharepoint.com/sites/Schoolof…

Great opportunity for black writers from Graydon House Books, which is a division of Harper Collins, and usually only accepts agented submissions!

Sculptures honouring Windrush generation to be unveiled in London in 2021 theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Check out @McrMuseum Encyclopedia of Wondrous Objects thread on the Refugee Life Jacket in their collection, raising awareness of refugees and displaced people #RefugeesWelcome