anthony jones | once we were africans

once we were africans | bbc
Interviews : Anthony Jones, Once We Were Africans, BBC website
Allan Beswick Programme : Greater Manchester Radio (27/08/2005)

October 2005
Once We Were Africans
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, UK.

Black Arts Alliance commissioned Anthony Jones to photograph Black, multi-generational families residing in the Greater Manchester region.

This project aimed to confound the myth that the Black communities are a first generation presence in the UK. The exhibition also aimed to document and celebrate families made up of third, fourth or sixth generation members and to demonstrate that for many, the sense of an allegiance to just one culture and country does not exist, and that many young people see themselves as both Black and British and rejoice in this hybridity.

The exhibition launched in October 2005 during Acts of Achievement, the North Wests annual celebration of Black History Month which is led by Black Arts Alliance.

	Washington and his daughter, Manchester 2005 Interviews : Anthony Jones, Once We Were Africans, BBC website Allan Beswick Programme : Greater Manchester Radio (27/08/2005) October 2005 Once We Were Africans Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, UK. Black Arts Alliance commissioned Anthony Jones to photograph Black, multi-generational families residing in the Greater Manchester region. This project aimed to confound the myth that the Black communities are a first generation presence in the UK. The exhibition also aimed to document and celebrate families made up of third, fourth or sixth generation members and to demonstrate that for many, the sense of an allegiance to just one culture and country does not exist, and that many young people see themselves as both Black and British and rejoice in this hybridity. The exhibition launched in October 2005 during Acts of Achievement, the North Wests annual celebration of Black History Month which is led by Black Arts Alliance.
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