Black History and African World Studies - Centerprise will be hosting an adult education programme with Robin Walker, author of 'When We Ruled' and 'Before the Slave Trade', starting on 25th September 2011.

Would you like to learn about Black History but do not know where to start? Are you embarrassed about not having any knowledge of self? Do you hate having to fob off your children with vague ideas that we were once great knowing that you cannot prove any of it?

LEARN among like minded adults... LEARN in a mutually supportive environment.

The course, Introducing Black History and African World Studies, is divided into six modules that are all focused on the black experience and taught from a black perspective.

The modules are History Political studies Sociology and Psychology Economics and personal development Religion Science, technology and production

To confirm you place or for any enquiries: write to historicalwalker@yahoo.com or eamevor@centerprisetrust.org.uk

Why is this course important?

Schools, colleges, and universities teach an intellectual heritage that begins with the Greeks and Romans, on one hand, and the Jews and Christians on the other. The Greco-Roman tradition forms the basis of the scientific heritage. The Judaeo-Christian tradition forms the basis of the spiritual heritage.

As well as this, mainstream schooling includes the contributions of Hindus, Buddhists, Arabs and the Chinese to certain aspects of human culture. But what about the contributions of Africans and African descended people?

Where is any of this reflected in mainstream education? It isn’t!

For those wanting to learn about African descended people, being in the classroom and lecture hall is almost like being present and excluded at the same time! Nearly all information taught in schools and colleges ignore the Black cultural heritage.

There are even historians such as David Starkey who claim that Black culture amounts to little more than thuggery. Consequently, the experience in the classroom and the lecture hall, as far as Black people are concerned, is one of being indoctrinated with somebody else’s culture.

For a number of Black people, this poses a difficult question: Should you forget your cultural heritage and fully embrace another heritage OR should you resist the indoctrination?

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

The program that we are offering, Introducing Black History and African World Studies addresses this question. The complete 36-week program with all the student notes and handouts is just £250. As you know, high quality information always costs, but this is a modest investment for the information that you will learn. To confirm you place or for any enquiries: write to historicalwalker@yahoo.com or eamevor@centerprisetrust.org.uk

Dates :

25 September When We Ruled: Thousands of years of a visible African heritage In this presentation, Robin Walker addresses the following questions: What history do Black People have before the slave trade? What was a typical African city like? What were the public and private buildings like? What products did Africans make? Whom did they sell them to? What did they do with the money? The civilisations covered are the Songhai Empire, the Swahili Confederation, Ancient Nubia, Ancient Egypt and Axum/Abyssinia.

9 October 2011 What role did Africa play in the origin of the human race? In this session, Robin Walker provides the basic facts on the origin and evolution of the human race. The human race originated in Africa and the ancestors of the human race originated in Africa. This presentation in fact represents the beginnings of Black history. It also represents the first pages of world history.

16 October 2011 Who were the Ancient Egyptians? In this session, Robin Walker addresses the following questions. Who were the Ancient Egyptians? Were they Africans, Asians, or Europeans? The topics covered are the Ancient Egyptians as seen by the Classical scholars, the physical anthropological evidence, the portrait statues, the Cairo Symposium of 1974, implications for future scholarship, etc.

23 October 2011 Exposing the hidden history of Black people in Asia In this visually stunning presentation, Robin Walker provides evidence of the role of Africa in the birth of civilisations in Asia. It highlights the critical role of Blacks in the early history of Palestine, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, India and Pakistan (i.e. Phoenicia, Arabia Felix, Sumer, Elam, and the Indus Valley).

30 October 2011 Everyday day life in Songhai: an early West African empire This presentation covers life in the 15th and 16th century West African empire of Songhai – an empire that ruled two-thirds of West Africa. Robin Walker addresses issues like: What was life like for an ordinary person? We discuss family life, education, work, law and order, trade and industry, religious conflict, and town, village and city life.

6 November 2011 The Slave Trade and the resistance This session covers the main line of events that brought together the continents of Africa, Europe and America. For Africa, this was perhaps a depressing and dreary episode but there was also another story - one of African resistance and independence that has rarely ever been told. Robin Walker tells of the African escapees in the Americas who set up mini-AfTitle: 18th October To confirm your place contact: Centerprise on 020 7254 9632 or eamevor@centerprisetrust.org.uk and Robin Walker on 07875 186 695 or historicalwalker@yahoo.com

Robin Walker , Author of 'When We Ruled' In 1996 Robin Walker co-edited the first of a series of seminal lifestyle surveys. The Black Community Report 1996 was commissioned by Amenta Marketing and published in the UK. A year later, the equally important Black Child Report 1997 appeared, again co-edited for Amenta Marketing. Also in 1997, he edited The Alarm Journal. In 1999 he wrote Classical Splendour: Roots of Black History published in the UK by Bogle L'Ouverture Publications. In the same year, he co-authored The West African Empire of Songhai, a textbook that is used by many schools across the country. In 2000 he co-authored Sword, Seal and Koran, the best study there has ever been on the Songhai Empire of West Africa. For the Peoplescience Intelligence Unit, he was sole editor of the Black Community Report 2000, the Black Child Report.