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An eulogy to Willis Wilkie
Share/Bookmark Every day in every community, ordinary working people do extraordinary acts of great selflessness and courage in the service of their community. We tend to hear and write about luminaries and celebrities and not about them. I was privileged to be asked to join Fr Nigel Orchard at Christ the Redeemer C of E
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Jayne Cortez: one last tribute
Share/BookmarkWe mourn our sister’s passing and give the Creator thanks for her purposeful and inspirational life that enriched us so very much and made us so much stronger and more resolute in struggle. She was in every sense a kindred spirit and a clarion voice, making the medium of poetry work in ways that many
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Jayne Cortez: A Star is Dimmed
Share/BookmarkIt is with profound sadness that I write about the passing of Jayne Cortez, globally renowned poet and cultural activist and a dear friend of the International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books and its successor, the George Padmore Institute. I was a member of the Book Fair organizing committee and a
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Gus John pays tribute to Gerry German
Share/BookmarkIt is with deep, deep sadness that I inform you of Gerry German‘s passing. He died at 03.00 this morning of a heart attack at home. I am sure that, like me, you will be shocked at the suddenness of his death. Gerry was a life-long campaigner for children’s education rights and an unwavering supporter
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