Oxford Windrush Group

17/07/2025

This Saturday! Tickets - https://fusionarts.artsvp.com/b80185

🚨 REMINDER: Pan Afrikan Centurians – This Saturday!
🗓️ Saturday 19th July, 5-10pm
📍 Fusion Arts, 15 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HH
🕔 Please note the updated start time: 5PM
🎥 The film screening has been moved to later in the year – watch this space for updates!

Join us as we celebrate the 100th birthdays of Frantz Fanon and Patrice Lumumba, two powerful voices in the struggle for African liberation and against white supremacy.

✨ The evening will feature talks, discussions, workshops, food and live performances to educate, uplift and empower:

🕔 5–6pm
🔭 African Astronomy – an interactive workshop for ages 11+ with Tamarind Galaxy and Natty Mark Samuels, founder of African School, including Bingy drumming and a tribute to Lumumba

🕕 6–7.30pm
🎙️ Panel Discussion with:
• Roger MacKenzie – International Editor of the Morning Star and author of Rebirth of the African Phoenix
• Tirivashe Jeli – British-Zimbabwean historian specialising in African pre-colonial history through a decolonial lens

🍽️ 7.30–8.15pm
Food + community break

🎤 8.15pm–10pm
Cultural & Musical Performances from:
• Andre Jahnoi .jahnoi – Hip hop artist & organiser
• Andrew AJ Jones – Spoken word artist
• Astrosnare – Hip hop artist
• Ras Gary – Performance poet

🎨 Plus, the exhibition “What’s Wrong With Us!?!” will be open to view throughout the evening – 14 artists exploring colonialism and imperialism through powerful visual art.

🎟️ FREE ENTRY / Donations welcome
🔗 fusionarts.artsvp.com/b80185
🌍 All welcome

👥 Organised by:
ACKHI
ARO Cowley
African School
Unlock the Chains Collective
Fusion Arts

17/07/2025

What's wrong with us!?! exhibition at Fusion Arts until 26th July

02/07/2025

Not to be missed!

Come and learn about significant figures in Afrikan society from the 19th century.

We are pleased to share the upcoming event 'Pan Afrikan Centaurians' highlighting the significance of Afrikan leaders and the role they played in developing geopolitics and Pan Afrikanism.

When? July 19 @ 3:30 pm - 10:00 pm.
Where? Fusion Arts, 15 Park End St, Oxford, United Kingdom

02/07/2025

Find out more about ACKHI!

Who is ACKHI and what do we do?

ACKHI is a community-led organisation devoted to promoting, protecting, and preserving the rich cultural heritage and history of Afrika and its diaspora. Based in Oxfordshire, UK, we host and collaborate on programs, events and resources to foster a greater understanding of:

⚫The Afrikan presence in Oxfordshire
🟢 The role of Afrika in shaping world history
🟡 Afrika's contributions to the development of science and technology
🔴 And Afrika's rich cultural heritage

Learn more about our work here: https://ackhi.org/about/

02/07/2025

Opening next week at Fusion Arts Oxford!

23/06/2025

Euton Daley was on Get Radio on Friday morning talking about the Oxford Windrush Weekend :)

20/06/2025

REMINDER! Windrush Weekend kicks off this evening!
Join us at Sounds of the Frontline at Fusion Arts, 15 Park End st from 7pm for live music and DJ's. Also check out FRONTLINE by Ryan Hawaii. See you there!

🇯🇲🇦🇬🇧🇸Sounds of the FRONTLINE 🇹🇹🇧🇧🇬🇩

Friday 20th June 7-10pm
Fusion Arts, 15 Park End Street Oxford
FREE! All welcome

🎶Sounds of the FRONTLINE invites audiences to reminisce and dance as DJs take us on a sonic journey through the rhythms of the Caribbean and wider diaspora—sounds rooted in resistance, joy, and cultural connection.

- Live Drumming & Welcome by Natty Mark Samuels
- Exhibition introduction by Ryan Hawaii
- DJ Natty (Roots Reggae)
- Zethu Maseko and Shumba Youth (Live)
- DJ Euton (Lovers Rock, Soca and hi-life)

💥Running alongside is FRONTLINE, a bold new exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Ryan Hawaii . This early-career retrospective brings together fifteen years of creative exploration in fashion, textiles, painting, and design. Exhibition curated by Ruby Duncan

On view at Fusion Arts at 15 Park End Street until 5 July, FRONTLINE is not to be missed.

Open Wednesday – Sunday, 12pm – 6pm. Monday & Tuesday visits available by appointment

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Sounds of the FRONTLINE is part of the Oxford Windrush weekend, organised by the Oxford Windrush Group

OWG Partners include ACKHI African Families in the UK - afiuk CIC Oxford Brookes University Kuumba Nia Arts Fusion Arts Museum of Oxford Pitt Rivers Museum Unlock the Chains Collective Bk Luwo Ashmolean Museum Age UK Oxfordshire

Supported by Westgate Oxford Oxford City Council Oxford Brookes University

19/06/2025

Sounds of the FRONTLINE taking place Friday evening! 7-10pm, Fusion Arts 15 Park End St Oxford

19/06/2025

Windrush Memorial Lecture this Sunday! All welcome

🌿 Windrush Memorial Service, Lunch & Lecture
🗓 Sunday 22 June 2025
📍 John Bunyan Baptist Church, Crowell Road, Oxford OX4 3LN
🎟 Free entry – donations welcome

✝️ Windrush Memorial Day Service
🕥 10:30am – 12:30pm
Join us for this year’s Windrush Memorial Day Service led by Dr Yvette Hutchinson, reflecting on the theme:
“Look at What the Lord Has Done”

🍽️ Memorial Community Lunch
🕧 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Enjoy a warm and welcoming community BBQ lunch—an opportunity to connect, share stories, and celebrate together.

🎤 Annual Windrush Memorial Lecture
🕒 3:00pm – 5:00pm

We’re honoured to welcome Rev’d Dr Pamela Daniel as this year’s keynote speaker, presenting:
“They Came Before Windrush”
A powerful lecture challenging the myth that Caribbean people only arrived in the UK post-1948. Rev’d Dr Daniel will highlight the long-standing presence and contributions of Caribbean communities in Britain prior to the arrival of the Empire Windrush.

About the Speaker:
Rev’d Dr Pamela Daniel is a trailblazer—the first woman of African Caribbean heritage to be ordained in the Diocese of Oxford. Originally from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, she brings a rich personal and academic background in theology, Canon Law, sociology, and education.

Her deep commitment to social and environmental justice, combined with her experience in advocacy, mentoring, and community-building, makes her an inspiring and insightful voice for this year’s lecture.

📞 Contact: +44 7542 976470
📧 Email: [email protected]

Join us for a moving day of reflection, connection, and learning as we honour the legacy of the Windrush Generation and those who came before

Organised by the Oxford Windrush Group
This year's Windrush Festival in Oxford is supported by The Westgate Oxford as well as Oxford Brookes University.

Partners include ACKHI African Families in the UK - afiuk CIC Oxford Brookes Kuumba Nia Arts Fusion Arts Museum of Oxford Pitt Rivers Museum Unlock the Chains Collective Bk.luwo TORCH - The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities Ashmolean Museum Westgate Oxford Age UK Oxfordshire

19/06/2025

Windrush weekend kicks off tomorrow!

18/06/2025

🇯🇲🇦🇬🇧🇸Sounds of the FRONTLINE 🇹🇹🇧🇧🇬🇩

Friday 20th June 7-10pm
Fusion Arts, 15 Park End Street Oxford
FREE! All welcome

🎶Sounds of the FRONTLINE invites audiences to reminisce and dance as DJs take us on a sonic journey through the rhythms of the Caribbean and wider diaspora—sounds rooted in resistance, joy, and cultural connection.

- Live Drumming & Welcome by Natty Mark Samuels
- Exhibition introduction by Ryan Hawaii
- DJ Natty (Roots Reggae)
- Zethu Maseko and Shumba Youth (Live)
- DJ Euton (Lovers Rock, Soca and hi-life)

💥Running alongside is FRONTLINE, a bold new exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Ryan Hawaii . This early-career retrospective brings together fifteen years of creative exploration in fashion, textiles, painting, and design. Exhibition curated by Ruby Duncan

On view at Fusion Arts at 15 Park End Street until 5 July, FRONTLINE is not to be missed.

Open Wednesday – Sunday, 12pm – 6pm. Monday & Tuesday visits available by appointment

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Sounds of the FRONTLINE is part of the Oxford Windrush weekend, organised by the Oxford Windrush Group

OWG Partners include ACKHI African Families in the UK - afiuk CIC Oxford Brookes University Kuumba Nia Arts Fusion Arts Museum of Oxford Pitt Rivers Museum Unlock the Chains Collective Bk Luwo Ashmolean Museum Age UK Oxfordshire

Supported by Westgate Oxford Oxford City Council Oxford Brookes University

17/06/2025

Join Age UK Oxfordshire this Saturday 21st June (12-4pm) at The Westgate Oxford! Age UK Oxfordshire will host creative ageing sessions—gentle seated dance, textile crafts, and collage making—alongside support information for older adults.

Age UK Oxforshire will be joined by a number of Oxford Windrush group partners.

Explore Windrush heritage with the Museum of Oxford’s Caribbean Living Room and learn about Oxford’s Windrush community. Craft your own Ankara headdress with Oxford Brookes University and join in a global celebration linking Oxford to Lagos. the Pitt Rivers Museum, Musical Fusion: Africa to the Caribbean invites participants to explore Caribbean music and rhythm through interactive workshops. The Ashmolean Museum presents Shedding Light, a new community-curated display tracing ceramics and the history of sugar in the Caribbean. Grandma’s Hands, presented by Kuumba Nia Arts, offers space to share stories of grandmotherly wisdom. Meanwhile over at the Central Library from 2.30pm, don’t miss a themed story time and craft session for children and families to celebrate Windrush Day.