This Black History Month UK 2025, join us for a powerful live event exploring Britain’s 400-year involvement in the Caribbean, from enslavement and colonisation to present-day calls for reparations and reconcilliation.
Through spoken word, history, live gospel music, and personal testimony, The Rivers of Repair offers a moving and honest reflection on the transatlantic enslavement , the British Empire’s impact on the Caribbean, and the ongoing legacy of colonialism in the UK today.
Event Highlights:
The Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Bishop of Croydon and the Church of England’s joint lead bishop for racial justice. Presiding/Narrator
Tracey Jane Campbell, acclaimed gospel singer, Author, Spurgeons Collage Graduate in Theology and founder of The Outlet House, performs live with the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir, one of the UK’s leading gospel collectives, and brings a powerful personal reflection as a descendant of the Windrush generation.
John Dower, representing The Heirs of Slavery, shares a rare perspective from descendants of British slave-owners who now call for acknowledgment and reparations.
Linda Reid, co-founder of the Black Restorative Network, and Rev Leon Dundas, former Head of Prison Inspection in Jamaica, explore what restorative justice and reparative action could look like for Black British and Caribbean communities today.