'Ignorance Furthers Racism', Says African-Asian-Scottish Performance Poet

Posted Nov 22, 15:04

We are not ethnic minorities. We are Scots. We are black Scots, Chinese Scots, Asian Scots. We are all Scots. — KOKUMO ROCKS

Ignorance about Scottish Black History has perpetuated racism, says performer, poet, historian and activist Kokumo Rocks. Campaigning for greater awareness and education through many projects, Rocks returns with another pulsating collection. As well as being a hugely popular performance poet she has developed Scotland’s first community school Black History course and performed in Human Traffik, which illustrates how black Scots helped the abolition of the slave trade.

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