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27/10/2026 Screening: “Like Water”
19:00-22:00, Tuesday, 27 October 2026 The Rum Shack, Glasgow, free tickets via Eventbrite Director Samantha Likonde and CRER present Like Water. Like Water is an Afrosurrealist reflection of the consequences of the Museum as a point of colonial extraction. The…
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25/10/2026 Screening: “We Are Nature”
17:00-19:00, Sunday, 25 October 2026 Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre, Glasgow, free tickets via Eventbrite As part of Black History Month 2026, the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) presents a screening of We Are Nature, directed by Amanda Daud.…
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16/10/2026 Screening: “We Were Here”
19:00-21:00, Friday, 16 October 2026 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, free tickets via website ‘We Were Here’ unveils the untold history of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe. The film interweaves art history with social narratives, offering a fresh lens on…
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16-17/10/2026 Events: “HIM Haile Selassie and Scotland”
18:00-20:00, Friday, 16 / 10:00-12:00, Saturday, 17 October 2026 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, free tickets via Eventbrite Join for a two-day celebration of the legacy of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie’s visit to Glasgow and Wemyss Bay in June 1936. The…
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9/10/2026 Event: “Unveiling of Statue of Nelson Mandela”
16:00, Friday, 9 October 2026 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow A bronze statue of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow, commissioned and funded through the charity, The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation, and created by sculptor Alan…
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29/10/2026 Event: “A Women’s Oral History of West Africa with Sylvia Arthur”
18:00-19:30, Thursday, 29 October 2026 Online event, free tickets via website A Women’s Oral History Of West Africa: In Excess of Expectation – what does it mean to survive in excess of expectation? According to the United Nations, women in West…
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16/10/2026 Event: “Maud Sulter: Annual Lecture with Joy Gregory”
17:00-18:30, Thursday, 22 October 2026 Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, tickets via website Every year in partnership with Glasgow School of Art, Many Studios and Street Level we celebrate the legacy of Maud Sulter, her roots in Scotland and…
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14/10/2026 Event: “Twilight Tour – Yoruba Healing Traditions”
17:15-18:00, Wednesday, 14 October 2026 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, tickets via Eventbrite Go behind-the-scenes in our curator led Twilight Tours at Kelvin Hall, to explore objects and artworks from The Hunterian collection. Join Dr Ayodele Ige, an historian of medicine and…
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6/10/2026 Event: “Black History Month: African Women, Myth and Material Memory”
14:30, Tuesday, 6 October 2026 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Glasgow African myth and folklore play a central role in shaping cultural identity, belief systems and collective memory. Moving between historic wooden artefacts and contemporary works, this tour explores how African…