Independent Historian

Dr Florence Marfo is Programme Area Manager for Humanities &Languages at Morley College London, where she hosts a podcast series to accompany the Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour. To date, she has interviewed journalist and academic Gary Younge, fiction writers Deesha Philyaw and Abi Daré, and memoir writer Malik Al Nasir, author of Letters to Gil. She is a graduate of French Language and Literature from Goldsmiths, University of London and holds a doctorate in African American and Afro-Brazilian Text from Bristol University. Florence has lived, studied and worked in a number of countries, including Togo, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Brazil. She speaks several languages, including Portuguese and Crioulo.

Januário Garcia Jr (1943-2021)

Januário Garcia Jr. hailed from Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state renowned for its significant population of Afrodescendentes, or Black Brazilians. Born on November 16, 1943, into a modest family residing on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, the state capital, Garcia embarked on a journey to … Read MoreJanuário Garcia Jr (1943-2021)