Dr. Etienne Joseph

An Archivist, Researcher, Educator and Cultural Producer, Etienne is one of the small but growing number of African heritage operating in the UK.

Etienne's work engages with the idea of the 'living archive' and the purpose and function of heritage within African/Diasporic contexts. He is particularly interested in African and African diasporic ways of understanding the world, pre-colonial approaches to working with memory and their utility in the (re)construction of effective methods for present day people of African heritage.

CONNIE BELL

Connie Bell is a leading Memory Worker and Cultural Producer, specialising in the field of performing migrated archives.

Ms Bell holds a Masters in Applied Theatre and Community Development and a M.A. in Narrative Therapy & BA in Education. She has over 15 years of working globally in Cultural Therapy and Production.

Her work as a theatre practitioner and therapist explores themes of memory, culture and identity across a range of artistic media. As well as her Independent practice, she has worked with several institutions of note including the National Theatre, University College London, the British Museum, University of the West Indies, the National Archives, Leeds University, Reading University and the Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

Esther Xosei

Esther Xosei is a jurisconsult (legal specialist in jurisprudence), reparationist, (reparations activist), dynamic community advocate and historian. She is a modern day abolitionist and freedom fighter, passionate about law, justice and education and using those as tools in resisting forms or oppression and injustice. Carrying on the legacy of Afrikan freedom movements, she is preoccupied with Afrikan Self-Determination from a contemporary Black Nationalist perspective.

Professor Gus John

Professor Gus John is a scholar-activist and social analyst specialising in Education policy. He holds a Doctorate in Education (EdD) and is an associate professor and honorary fellow of the UCL Institute of Education. He has adviser to governments in Britain, the Caribbean and Africa.

Since the 1960s, he has been a leader in the UK in the fields of children's rights and the role of schooling and education in promoting social justice; school improvement; management and international development.

Professor Patricia Rodney

Professor Patricia Rodney is the founder and CEO of the Walter Rodney Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She holds a PhD degree in Sociology minor in Adult Education, and specialises in public health and education.

Dr. Stanley Griffin

Dr. Stanley Griffin is an archivist, cultural analyst, and historian. He holds a PhD in Cultural Studies (with High Commendation) from the Cave Hill Barbados Campus of The University of the West Indies, and an MSc in Archives and Records Management (Int’l) from the University of Dundee, Scotland. He is currently, a professor of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies.

His research interests include multiculturalism in Antigua and the Eastern Caribbean, the cultural dynamics of intra-Caribbean migrations, archives in the constructs of Caribbean culture, and community archives in the Caribbean.