Yesterday evening, the Barbican hosted a public talk from UCL Professors Paul Gilroy and Dr Clive Nwonka u200bu200bu200bu200bu200bentitled 'Black Arsenal: Race, Cultural Memory and Black British Identity'.
As two leading thinkers in Race and Cultural Studies, Professor Gilroy and Dr Nwonka explored our club's unique and historic relationship to Black Britain and Black London, discovering the cultural contributions made by our Black sporting icons and how their impact often transcended sport, especially during the 1980s and 1990s.
Discussing the project's origins, Nwonka said: “Black Arsenal is the culmination of several years of research and thinking into the quite unique relationship between Arsenal and Black identities, both in British and international contexts.