Category Archives: Music

Yesterday on Ujima – Hate Crime, Jazz & LGBT in Africa

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Cheryl

There were a whole pile of significant anniversaries to consider with last weeks’ show. I’m annoyed that I missed out on wishing 90th happy birthday to Maya Angelou. I did get in that it was the 50th anniversary of the … Continue reading →

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An Evening with Tom Robinson

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Cheryl

I am in Liverpool for the Outing the Past academic conference. The Friday evening programming of this event is always the Alan Horsfall Memorial Lecture. Horsfall, as Peter Tatchell explained in his introduction to the event, was a founder and … Continue reading →

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Queen

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Cheryl

I love this so much. By the way, if anyone has a copy of the clean version, please get in touch. I know it has been made available to larger radio stations, but I don’t have a copy and I … Continue reading →

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Discoveries from the Road

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Cheryl

For the past two days my Amazon Horde and I have been entertaining audiences in London and Bristol. But LGBT History Month is as much an opportunity to learn for me as for anyone else. The people I am on … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – LGBT History & Feminism

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Cheryl

Yesterday’s show was given over mainly to previewing the LGBT History Day that is happening at M Shed on Saturday. Full details are available here. The first hour focused on LGBT music. I talked to Darryl Bullock about his book, … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow on Ujima

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Cheryl

In the midst of all this I still have to do my radio show. Naturally tomorrow I am devoting most of the show to LGBT History Month. I will be joined by Daryll Bullock, a local writer whose book, David … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – Punching Nazis, Ending Violence, Mental Health

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Cheryl

Yesterday’s radio show began with an interview with Jonathan L. Howard whose latest Carter & Lovecraft book, After the End of the World, sees our heroes transported into a world in which the Nazis won WWII. We discussed how miraculously … Continue reading →

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Today on Ujima – Black History, Egyptians, Menopause & Underworld Goddesses

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Cheryl

October is a ridiculously busy month in Bristol, being both Black History Month and the time when all of the literary festivals happen. As I had devoted all of my October show to books, I decided to do something for … Continue reading →

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Last Week on Ujima – Crime, Cricket, Umbrellas & Protest

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Cheryl

With profuse apologies for the day, here are the Listen Again links for last week’s show. We started off with my friend Lucienne Boyce talking about her latest historical novel, Butcher’s Block. This is a new Dan Foster mystery novel, … Continue reading →

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Today on Ujima – Worldcon Interviews

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Cheryl

With so much of this year’s Worldcon centering on black women writers, and in particular Caribbean women, I was able to devote an entire show to interviews done in Helsinki. Ben the Engineer and I had a nice, quiet day, … Continue reading →

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Bristol Together For Grenfell

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Cheryl

By August 4th I am going to be in Finland, but the good people of Bristol have chosen that day to show their support for, and raise money for, the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. It should be a … Continue reading →

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Pride In Action

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Cheryl

As Pride events become more and more popular, and more widespread, questions are being asked about what they are for. Are they too commercial? Are they just entertainment for the straights? Do we still need them? Why isn’t there a … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Afrometropolis

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Cheryl

Last night I was at The Arnolfini for an event curated by my friend, Edson Burton. Afrometroplis was a multi-media experience inspired by Afrofuturism. The idea was to create a futuristic and funkadelic city state inspired by African culture. I … Continue reading →

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Can’t Do Everything

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Cheryl

Being British, I feel very guilty whenever I say I can’t come to someone’s event because I am too busy. Practically, however, doing everything just isn’t possible. Today is a case in point. I would love to be at CN … Continue reading →

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Bath Celebrates Dylan, with CN Lester

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Cheryl

After the Stonewall event yesterday I stayed on in Bath to see CN Lester in concert at the Forum. Technically this wasn’t a CN gig. They were just a part of an event celebrating the work of Bob Dylan, but … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – Cricket, Music, Blood & Activism

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Cheryl

I was in the Ujima studio again yesterday to do another Women’s Outlook show. Here’s what went down. My first guest was Lisa Pagett who is Head of Women’s Cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and also General Manager of … Continue reading →

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Fringe Tonight, And January Readings

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Cheryl

Tonight sees the return of the legendary BristolCon Fringe Open Mic, at which a whole host of lovely people get just five minutes to wow us with their fiction. I have to catch a train to Plymouth tonight because I’m … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – Revolution!

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Cheryl

Yesterday’s show was a bit impromptu as I wasn’t expecting to be doing it. This meant a lot of music and no guests, but Ben and I got through it just fine. There was a little bit of content. If … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – Radio Comedy, Allyship & Conferences

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Cheryl

Yesterday’s show on Ujima seemed to go OK, despite much of it being thrown together at the last minute as a couple of people I’d wanted were not available. We did have some technical issues at the start, but Ben … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – International Women’s Day

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Cheryl

Yes, I know, International Women’s Day is actually on March 8th. However, Bristol Women’s Voice has a big event planned at M-Shed over this coming weekend, and I wanted to preview that. Here’s a look at yesterday’s show. First up … Continue reading →

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