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Gus John joins Jayne Cortez celebration
It was a huge honour to be invited to join Jayne Cortez’s friends and fellow poets, writers and performers at the celebration of her life in New York on Wednesday, 6 February 2013. The celebration took place in a most fitting venue, the Great Hall of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and
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Time for a National Black Footballers Association
High profile racist incidents during premium league games in recent times have led to more open public debate about racist abuse of black players by white players and fans. Such sort of practice has been commonplace in professional football since pioneers such as Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Viv Anderson took to the pitch in the
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Gus John criticises Wildman’s assertions about Jamaican judges
Hugh Wildman, a former senior prosecutor who has served across the Caribbean, asserted earlier this month that judges in Jamaica and the rest of the region are not capable of delivering judgements that are on par with their British counterparts. Professor Gus John reacted to his remarks, saying: Hugh Wildman is not only making some very backward
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Global Majority Contributors to Educational Excellence
The following keynote address was delivered during the launch of the Black Teachers Network, on June 24th, 2009, at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning. We stand here at a historical moment, a ‘Yes, We Can’ moment. We stand here in history. We stand full square on the shoulders of those who went before
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