Esther Andare’s Blogs So Far
15th Jan 2021: Continuing the work of making the Arts diverse and inclusive
18th Dec 2020: Reflecting on our diversity conversations in 2020
30th Nov 2020: Show Us Our Culture
23rd Oct 2020: Black History Month – Celebrating Black Voices
UPDATED Organisations in NI and ROI that are doing amazing things!
Please note this is not an exclusive list – If you are aware of more, please email them to us!
Belfast Multi-Cultural Association
Esther’s Recommended Books for Black History Month
FICTION
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola
- East of Acre Lane by Alex Wheatle
- That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu
- Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
NON-FICTION
- Black and British: a forgotten history by David Olusoga
- Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
- British: On Race Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
- Tribes by David Lammy
- Afropean by Jonny Pitts
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Recommended Articles
White People: Black authors are not your medicine by Yaa Gyasi
Eight mentorship schemes for POC
Racism in Northern Ireland: ‘Nobody born to be a racist’
‘Where are you really from?’ Growing up black in Ireland
Young and black in Northern Ireland
Blackwash – What it’s like to be black in Northern Ireland
‘There is a lot of hard work to be done’: How the art world can step up for Black Lives Matter
BBC Newsround: What is racism – and what can be done about it?
How black women were whitewashed by art
Books about Diversity for Children