Literature: Colin Grant in conversation with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
- Thu 14 Nov 2019
- 6:00 pm
- Free
CIDRAL: Colin Grant in conversation with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
Colin Grant, historian and author of Homecoming: Voice of the Windrush Generation will be in conversation with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey.
Colin Grant is a historian and journalist, and is an Associate Fellow in the Centre for Caribbean Studies as well as a producer for BBC radio.
He is the author, most recently, of the acclaimed ‘Homecoming: Voice of the Windrush Generation’, as well as four previous books: ‘A Smell of Burning: A Memoir of Epilepsy’, ‘Bageye at the Wheel’, ‘The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Livingstone’, and ‘Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey’.
Colin teaches creative non-fiction, and has written and produced a number of drama-documentaries, as well as plays such as The Clinic, based on the photojournalists, Tim Page and Don McCullin.
Hosted by the Centre for New Writing, Creative Manchester and the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester. Book your free ticket on Eventbrite.