Beverley Bryan

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Beverley Bryan
Born (1949-08-18) 18 August 1949 (age 74)
The Heart of the Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain
(co-author; 1985)

Beverley Bryan (born 18 August 1949)

The Heart of the Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain
.

Early life

Bryan was born in

Black Women's Group (BWG),[1] a collective that shared similar radical views.[3]

Bryan co-authored with Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe the book The Heart of the Race, a collaborative work that came about through the concerns of the BWG, which was published in 1985 by Virago Press.[1] Speaking of the focus of the BWG, Bryan has noted: "Women came to us with issues from their workplace, incidents in hospitals or health centres; with their care of their children’s case of abuse from the police or schools... This came to the fore and so by the time I came to co-author Heart of the Race, we had the full range of the lives and stories that we could draw on."[4] The book was reissued in 2018 by Verso Books, with a new foreword by Lola Okolosie, and including an interview with the authors by Heidi Safia Mirza, focusing on the impact of the book since publication and its continuing relevance.[5]

In June 2020, Bryan spoke about her involvement with the Black Panther Movement in a rare interview with Tell A Friend podcast.[6] She spoke about the challenges she experienced during the 1970s era of racial discrimination.

Career

In 1992, Bryan moved back to Jamaica to join the

Jamaican Creole learners of English, and has worked as a consultant to the Ministry of Education on language policy. She has also advised other Caribbean governments on literacy policies, as well as serving as a member of the United Nations Literacy Decade Experts' Group.[7]

She was one of the founders of the Caribbean Poetry Project launched in 2010, a collaboration between UWI and the University of Cambridge that aims to increase the visibility of Caribbean writers in the UK.[8]

Bryan was the keynote speaker at the Eighth Annual

Huntley Conference in 2013, addressing the topic "Educating Our Children, Liberating Our Futures".[9]

She is a contributor to the 2019 anthology

New Daughters of Africa (edited by Margaret Busby) with "A Windrush Story".[10][11]

In 2021, Bryan delivered the Windrush Day Online Lecture, entitled "Key Moments and Issues In The Black British Civil Rights Movement: A Brief History Of Our Story/Journey (So Far)".[12]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ a b c d Thomas, Tobi (28 January 2021). "Beverley Bryan: the British Black Panther who inspired a generation of women". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. Jamaica Gleaner
    , 5 December 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ Agyepong, Heather (10 March 2016), "THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF THE WOMEN BEHIND THE BRITISH BLACK PANTHERS", The Debrief. Retrieved 26 November 2017. Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Akpan, Paula (10 October 2019). "How The Stories Of Black Women In The UK Are Being Reclaimed". Refinery29. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. ^ "The Heart of the Race" at Verso.
  6. ^ Knight, Bryan (5 June 2020). "Tales From The Struggle (feat. Dr Beverley Bryan)". YouTube.
  7. ^ Dr. Beverley Bryan Promoted to Professor, University of the West Indies. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  8. ^ Caribbean Poetry Project, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. ^ "The Eighth Annual Huntley Conference". Black Women in the Arts. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  10. OCLC 1066069680
    – via WorldCat.
  11. ^ Hillhouse, Joanne C. (10 June 2019). "Carib Plus Lit News Round Up (early June 2019)". Wadadli Pen. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Windrush Day Online Lecture 2021 with Dr Beverley Bryan Announced". blackhistorymonth.org.uk. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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