Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Lecture

This event is now fully booked. If any places become available, they will be listed above. Booking is required for admission on the night.

There is a limit of 2 tickets per person.

Join us at the annual Slavery Remembrance Day weekend which commemorates an uprising of enslaved Africans on the island of Saint Domingue (modern Haiti) in 1791. The International Slavery Museum will host a series of events to remember and reflect.

2015 Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Lecture

Dr Martin Luther King Jr building, Albert Dock, Liverpool

5pm, doors open and performance by Sense of Sound singers

6pm, lecture starts (BSL interpreted)

Book your place at the Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Lecture, delivered by British-Nigerian historian, broadcaster and film-maker, David Olusoga.

Born in Lagos, Nigera, David is a multi award-winning documentary maker and the presenter of the BBC 2 Series – The World’s War : Forgotten Soldiers of the Empire, and Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners.

David is also an award-winning author, and is currently writing a new history of slavery entitled, 5000 Years a Slave, and an new history of the British colonisation of Tasmania entitled White Slavery & the Black War.

As a producer on TV and radio, David’s programmes have explored the themes of empire, military-history, race, slavery, and contemporary culture in the UK and USA.

Places at the lecture are limited and entrance is by ticket only. Limit of two places per person. Seating will be allocated on the evening on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive early to avoid disapointment. We cannot guarantee that any additional seating will be available on the evening of the event for unbooked participants.

The International Slavery Museum will host a series of other events over the weekend including a walk of remembrance; performance and libation and a performance by Poets Against Apartheid on the Legacy of Gil Scott-Heron, featuring poets Malik Al Nasir, Tayo Aluko and Jean Binta Breeze, with accompaniment of the Nicky Brown Gospel Choir, all on Sunday, 23 August. There will also be family friendly activities throughout the weekend.

Find out more at: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/srd

This annual event has been renamed in honour of Dorothy Kuya. She was one of the country's leading figures in combating inequality and a tireless anti-racism campaigner who fought all her life for truth and justice. Dorothy lived in Liverpool and was part of the steering group instrumental in transforming and developing National Museums Liverpool's Transatlantic Slavery Gallery into the International Slavery Museum, which opened in 2007. It is fitting that her name should live on to educate and inspire future generations.