Nia Archives

Dr Michael McMillan is a playwright, mixed-media artist, curator, and educator, arguably best known for his installation, The West Indian Front Room now housed at Hoxton’s Museum of the Home. Dr McMillan has had many works produced by the Royal Court Theatre, Channel 4, and BBC Radio 4. His parents came to the UK from St Vincent & the Grenadines in 1959. Windrush Stories: Hackney Edition was produced by DJ Flight for Prison Radio Association. It’s part of the Hackney Windrush Public Programme, curated by Create London in partnership with Hackney Council and supported by Freelands Foundation. Visit our website windrushstories.com for more episodes and resources for schools at key-stage 1-3. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michelle Dornelly is a life-long Hackney resident of St Lucian and Jamaican descent. She's a community organiser who founded the Children With Voices charity and numerous community food hubs across the borough to provide vulnerable people with food packages, seasonal gifts, and general support during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://childrenwithvoices.wixsite.com/london Windrush Stories: Hackney Edition was produced by DJ Flight for Prison Radio Association. It’s part of the Hackney Windrush Public Programme, curated by Create London in partnership with Hackney Council and supported by Freelands Foundation. Visit our website windrushstories.com for more episodes and resources for schools at key-stage 1-3. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mr Gee is a poet and veteran of the UK spoken word scene. He's a writer, broadcaster, actor, and advisor; Gee has also worked extensively within the criminal justice system and is a Shoreditch local, currently leading Rich Mix’s New Creatives project. His mother moved to London from Guyana in the 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3kKeWMpksOdvB3bFA4jPog Windrush Stories: Hackney Edition was produced by DJ Flight for Prison Radio Association. It’s part of the Hackney Windrush Public Programme, curated by Create London in partnership with Hackney Council and supported by Freelands Foundation. Visit our website windrushstories.com for more episodes and resources for schools at key-stage 1-3. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cleveland Watkiss MBE was born in Clapton, 1959 to Jamaican parents. He is an award-winning vocalist, composer, actor, and voice professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, who co-founded the Jazz Warriors, and hosted the seminal Metalheadz Sunday Sessions, at Blue Note, Hoxton Square. https://www.clevelandwatkiss.co.uk/   Windrush Stories: Hackney Edition was produced by DJ Flight for Prison Radio Association. It’s part of the Hackney Windrush Public Programme, curated by Create London in partnership with Hackney Council and supported by Freelands Foundation. Visit our website windrushstories.com for more episodes and resources for schools at key-stage 1-3. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dawn Butler MP is the Member of Parliament for Brent Central. Campaigner, activist, daughter of Windrush, she was the first elected African-Caribbean woman to become a UK government minister. In 2020 she was voted one of Vogue's 25 most influential women, and recently honoured with a blue plaque at the former site of her parents' 'Butlers Bakery', to commemorate being chosen as 'Waltham Forest's local hero'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nia Archives was born and raised in Bradford and Leeds. She's a third-generation Windrush descendant and a rising star of UK dance music, working as a producer, singer-songwriter, DJ and visual artist. Nia is part of a new wave of young talent celebrating and paying homage to sound system heritage and culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marc Mac (4hero) is one of dance music’s most influential artists. A pioneer of breakbeat hardcore, jungle D&B, broken beat, nu jazz; one half of award-winning duo, 4hero; instrumental in Goldie’s breakthrough; and co-founder of Reinforced Records – regarded as one of underground music’s blueprint labels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Kristy Holder is a third-generation Windrush descendant of Trinidadian, Jamaican and Welsh heritage. She was born in Northampton, England, and grew up in Clydach, Wales. Dr. Holder manages the Windrush Evolving Heritage Project at Swansea’s African Community Centre, and recently completed a PhD in Reconstructing Climate Change. https://africancommunitycentre.org.uk/projects/windrush-evolving-heritage/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Audley Morais Forrester MBE served 2 years in the Jamaican Army and trained as a salesman, before leaving for England in 1955, still a teen. A coal miner for 5 years, he then spent 37 developing South Yorkshire’s public transport services – for which he was awarded an MBE in 1997. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Norma Gregory is a historian, curator, heritage consultant, author, and founder of community media organisation Nottingham News Centre and the Black Miners Museum Project – unearthing the stories of Black African and African Caribbean coal miners across the UK. https://normagregory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.