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Reclaiming narratives is a call to action for Black communities across the UK to step into the role of storytellers, historians, and custodians of Black heritage. MA Creative writing student Liam Cohen has been inspired to explore the stories of Black lives in Kent. Read his articles, along with those of other researchers.
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William Cuffay
William Cuffay
William Cuffay, tailor and Chartist was born at Brompton near Chatham. He became the President of the London Chartists.
Albert Makaula White
Albert Makaula White
The son of an African chief, Albert Makaula White became a Methodist preacher, farmer and freemason in Kent and delighted his listeners with tales of his childhood.
A Sin of Omission
A Sin of Omission
In her 2021 novel, A Sin of Omission, Marguerite Poland highlights the work carried out by Anglican missionaries in 19th century South Africa. During this time, many young men travelled from all over the world to study at Saint Augustine’s Missionary College in Canterbury.
Walter Tull
Walter Tull
Born in Folkestone, Walter Tull played first-division football before joining the Football Battalion in the First World War.
Billy Waters
Billy Waters
William ‘Billy’ Waters was connected to Chatham Dockyard in Kent in 1811: he is celebrated as part of the Chatham Historic Dockyard permanent Disability Trailblazers trail. Once a famous Black busker in Regency London, Billy Waters has been largely overlooked by history.