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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.

Formed in October 1990, and originally named the Southern Voices Project, it was the brainchild and inspiration of a group of post-graduate students from the various Manchester universities and founded by them with the support of exiles, Diaspora and local British people.

It was a critical response to the exclusion of Southern people in discussions as well as the negativity in images and information of the Global South. This included information generated in classrooms, learning institutions and ‘development’ charities.

*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.

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

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A Little Bit About Us

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.

Formed in October 1990, and originally named the Southern Voices Project, it was the brainchild and inspiration of a group of post-graduate students from the various Manchester Universities and founded by them with the support of exiles, Diaspora and local British people.

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Southern Voices c/o Commonword Offices No. 3 Planetree House 21-31 Oldham Street Manchester M1 1JG

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