Join the Museum of Liverpool on 29 July, 12- 3pm for a truly special event as Writing on the Wall (WoW)and National Museums Liverpool (NML) come together to honour the remarkable life of Dorothy Kuya.
“Dorothy Kuya: A Legacy of Black Liverpool” will be a celebration of the Dorothy Kuya Archive project, which, commissioned by NML and delivered by WoW, has creatively documented and celebrated the incredible journey of this lifelong Liverpool activist, who we firmly believe played a key role in 20th Century Black British History.
They are thrilled to announce special guest Sharon Grant OBE, community activist and wife of the late MP Bernie Grant. Sharon is chair of Public Voice CIC, Healthwatch Haringey and played a prominent role in establishing the Bernie Grant Arts Centre and Bernie Grant Trust. Sharon and Bernie were great friends and colleagues of Dorothy Kuya who worked with her closely on the Broadwater Farm Inquiry and African Reparations movement during the 1990s.
Adding further excitement to the event, they are delighted to feature a performance by Liverpool’s legendary griot, Levi Tafrai, who began his writing journey as a young man at the L8 Writers Workshop, an initiative setup by Dorothy Kuya.
They will also be revealing the commissioned creative response to the archive from visual artist Sumuyya Khader as well as the Dorothy Kuya inspired posters that their participants created at her Granby Press studio.