The man who started Black History Month
Akyaaba Addai-Sebo tells The Voice how he persuaded the Greater London Council to begin the event in 1987
IN THE heart of Greater London, a Black activist and journalist, decided that he wanted to tell the forgotten stories of Africa in Britain.
Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, arrived in Britain from Ghana after fleeing political corruption, and soon joined the Greater London Council [GLC] in 1985 where he worked in the Ethnic Minorities Unit during the leadership of Ken Livingstone.
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