As part of Black History Month, Professor David Murphy (University of Stirling) will be organising a short series of events/screenings, over the next few weeks, marking the 50th anniversary of the First World Festival of Negro Arts, held in Dakar in 1966.

On 14 October, ‘Dakar 66: Fifty Years on’, at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, will feature 2 documentary films on the festival, accompanied by a panel discussion featuring David Murphy (Stirling), Ruth Bush (Bristol) and Alan Rice (UCLAN): www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/events/displayevent.aspx?EventId=30974.

On 28 October, a symposium, ‘Havana-Dakar 1966: Capitals of an artistic and political revolution’, will be held at the University of Edinburgh. It will feature screenings of two documentary films on the 1966 festival: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-havana-dakar-1966-capitals-of-an-artistic-and-political-revolution-tickets-28187055241.

Finally, on 30 October, the Africa in Motion Film Festival will screen documentaries on the ‘Zaïre 74’ Festival (held in conjunction with the famous ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ fight between Ali and Foreman) and the 1966 festival: www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/programme/edinburgh/?date=2016-10-30.