Monday 24 October 2011, 6.30PM
Speaker(s): introduced by Audrey Small, University of Sheffield
A rare screening of Raoul Peck’s extraordinary film about Patrice Lumumba to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Lumumba was an anti-colonial leader and the first elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo. Dr Audrey Small from the University of Sheffield will introduce the film with an overview of cultural responses to Lumumba’s death.
This is one of a series of events to mark Black History Month.
Location: Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building
Email: zoe.norridge@york.ac.uk