The first Ubele’s Men’s Conversation from ‘The Griot’
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Men’s Conversation event took place on International Men’s Day on Monday 19th November 2012. Participants explored a series of questions around what work the African-Caribbean community needs to do intergenerationally (between older and younger people), in order to remain strong and viable for […]
‘Cosmic Ordering’…..a story of be careful what you wish for….
By Yvonne Field Recently I was left feeling really astonished as three things I had wished for actually manifested themselves within a six week period. Although one of them had been wished for two decades earlier, two of them actually occurred within a week of each other! The reason why I wondered what on earth […]
A visit to Limpopo and to the krall of the Rain Queen (Modjadji) of Balobedu
On Wednesday 4th April, we drove six hours north of Johannesburg to the town of Tzaneen ( in the Limpopo Province of South Africa), to attend an ‘unveiling ceremony ‘ in one of the local villages. This is a ceremony whereby the family of a person who has passed formally unveils their headstone and celebrates […]
Can South Africans teach black communities in the UK about how to create spaces for dialogue and social change?
By Yvonne Field I was in Cairo airport yesterday on my way back to London after spending six weeks in South Africa. I had been asked to co-design and co-facilitate two x 2 day workshops, as part of the Reos Partners team (www.reospartners.com). The first workshop which was held in Noordhoek, Cape Town, invited almost […]
News from South Africa
Hello, Greetings from a very hot and sunny Cape Town! The energy and spirit of Africa felt culpable once I step off the aircraft at Jo’burg airport. I feel I had arrived home. I had a lovely meal with Barbara Gray last night in Cape Town,(where I am now for a 2 day workshop which […]
Sisters in Conversation
The Sisters in Conversation event took place in January 2012 at the Women’s Resource Centre, in the Barbican. It attracted 24 amazing African and Caribbean community leaders, activists and change agents, plus a hosting team of six women, drawn from all over London. It was one of the activities delivered as part of Ubele project – […]
When should our community stay silent and when should we speak out and act?
By Yvonne Field In April 1993, when Stephen Lawrence was murdered I worked in Greenwich Council’s Community Education Service (Adult Education and Youth Services). Prior to Stephen’s murder in Eltham, the borough had already witnessed a number of racist murders of young black men, including that of Rolan Adams in Thamesmead. I remember the morning […]
