Southern Voices – southern voices

Southern Voices Team — Southern Voices members at the launch of ‘From the Shadows of War and Empire’ exhibition at the Peoples History Museum in Manchester, 2016.

Southern Voices is a network of people committed to bringing the knowledge and understanding of Southern* and Black* people to the global issues that are central to education and to living in the world today.

*We use the words Southern and Black to mean people who have their roots in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean; and those who faced discrimination and oppression because of the colour of their skin and/or ethnicity.

Our latest project is an exhibition and series of learning materials titled Exploring the Legacies of Empire: Some Perspectives from the Global South. This free exhibition has been on show at Manchester Central Library from Tuesday 4th February to the end of March 2025.

The panel for the launch event of ‘Exploring Legacies of Empire’ with Desiree Reynolds, Aimah Naqvi, Jackie Kay, Vashti Gbolugan, Inzinga Samms Alcott, Kalombwa Chikoti, Heena Patel, with Southern Voices host Afshan D’souza Lodhi.

‘Until the lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter.’ (A Yoruba proverb)