Speeches Prof Wale Adebanwi (Trinity Hall, 2003) Homage to Alexander Crummell and Christian Cole I thank all the members of the Black Cantabs Research Society for the invitation and the honour. I will like
Black Cantabs impact The Black Cantabs Black History Month Dinner! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Black History Month Dinner! It was an evening where valuable connections were made, meaningful conversations were initiated, and seeds for the future planted. With
Danielle Allen Danielle Allen is a prominent American author, educator and political theorist. She is currently the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for
The Black Cantabs Speaker Series March 2017 marks the first talk in our exciting new initiative, the Black Cantabs Speaker Series. This Series aims to go beyond a recognition of the early Black Cantabs, recovering their histories, and
Peterhouse College Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford (1866-1930) Described by many of his peers as the "uncrowned king of West Africa", Casely Hayford was born in 1866 in the Cape Coast (present day Ghana)
Gonville and Caius College Kwamé Ryan Kwamé Ryan, born in Canada in 1970, is a world renown conductor and music educator in the Caribbean. His early life and education was in Trinidad and Uganda. At age 14,
Emmanuel College Barry Reckord Born Barrington John Reckord in 1926, Kingston Jamaica, "Barry" was a Jamaican playwright who is recognised as one of the earliest Caribbean writers to contribute to British theatre. He
Professor Ato Quayson Professor Ato Quayson is a leading academic and literary critic whose works on African literature, postcolonial studies, urban studies and in literary theory have been widely published and recognised. He was born in
About Us: Our History Our History The Black Cantabs Research Society is a culmination of several projects and movements that had begun long before its launch. We recognise the efforts of the many students who have made
Clare College Prof Henry Louis Gates Jr. A renown literary critic, historian, filmmaker, teacher and public intellectual, Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. was born in 1950, in West Virginia, USA. He had humble beginnings; in
Christ's College Dr Davidson Nicol Davidson was born in 1924 in Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. His family belonged to the Creole minority who were an educated and elite ex-slave community. He attended
Churchill College Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele was born on 4 July 1948 in Johannesburg to Nimrod Njabulo Ndebele and Makhosazana Regina Tshabangu. Ndebele completed his matric at St Christopher’s High School in Luyengo, Swaziland in
Cantab Profiles The king's son at King's Looking into the annals of an institution as aged as Cambridge, one concurs with the dictum that ‘The past is a foreign country’. This is seen no less in the character of successive
Queens' College Dr Thomas Risley Odhiambo The Late Dr Thomas Risley Odhiambo (1959) (born.Fev 4, 1931- died May 26, 2003) Thomas odhiambo was a prominent Kenyan scientist who founded the International Center of Insect
Corpus Christi Helen Olajumoke Oyeyemi a Black British novelist and playwright. She studied social and political sciences at Corpus Christi College in 2004. Helen was included in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list
Homerton College A Ghanaian playwright, director, children's author, poet and dramatist, Efua studied at Homerton College. Her best-known works include Foriwa (1962), Edufa (1967), and The Marriage of Anansewa (1975). She founded the Ghana Drama
Robinson College Lola Adesioye Lola Adesioye joined Robinson College from James Allen’s Girls’ School, a prestigious independent school in South East London where she had excelled academically and musically, becoming her school’s Head
Queens' College Thomas Odhiambo Thomas Odhiambo was a prominent Kenyan scientist who founded the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), an international insect research centre renowned for giving African farmers low-cost solutions for
Girton College Elizabeth Bagaya Princess Elizabeth Nyabongo Rukidi Christobel Edith Bagaya was born in 1936 to Rukidi III of Toro, the eleventh Omukama (regent) of Toro, one of the five kingdoms in Uganda. Her mother
Christ's College The late Chief Hope Harriman (1933 - 2012) a renowned philanthropist, studied at the Government College, Ibadan and was at the Christ’s College, Cambridge between 1955 and 1958. Read more at: http:
Downing College Dr. Monica Moreno Figueroa A Fellow of Downing College and Senior Lecturer at the University's Sociology Department, Dr Figueroa has been a dynamic force at the University over the last three years. This
Fitzwilliam College Ken Olisa Often referred to as the most powerful black man in Britain, Ken Olisa studied Natural Sciences and then Social, Political and Management Sciences at Fitzwilliam College (a library is named after
Pembroke College The first African academic to get tenure in Cambridge has now become full professor at the University of Toronto. Prof Ato Quayson. Ato wrote on Nigerian literature for his PhD at Pembroke in
King's College Archie Mafeje Before #RhodesMustFall there was Archie Mafeje, another trail blazing Black Cantab and foremost social anthropologist who got his Phd at Cambridge in 1966. Archie Mafeje (South African) was born on 30
Newnham College Diane Abott Diane Abott, the member of parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. She studied History at Newnham College. Diane became the first black British woman ever elected as member of parliament
