This is a step-by-step guide to searching the library and archive collections held at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre. ...
South Asian Heritage Month: Sri Lankan Reading List
Within our year-long programme around South Asian Heritage Month and its theme of Stories to Tell, we will be focusing on the theme of Making Sri Lank...
Refugee Week – Nurturing Compassion and Critical Thinking
During Refugee Week 2023 the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre in Manchester Central Library held a roundtable discussion with a group of invited particip...
Changes to our Library: the Gender, Relationships and the Family section
How we reviewed our Gender, Relationships and Family section of the library and the changes we've made....
Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Books and Resources
The books and resources included in this list focus on refugees, asylum seekers, migration and related issues and are available in the Ahmed Iqbal Ull...
Beyond Refugee Week….our new approach to Refugee Week, Black History Month, International Women’s Day etc
We asked ourselves 'How can we offer opportunities to explore Global Majority histories all year round? How can we help creative freelancers develop a...
Windrush 75: Caribbean Migration to the UK – Books and Resources
The books and resources included in this list focus on Caribbean migration to the UK, symbolised by the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush to Tilbury Dock...
The Dr Louis Sterling Reading Room
Our recent visit to the Louise Da-Cocodia Education Trust to look at a new collection of books they have acquired from Dr Louis Sterling, a Jamaican s...
Earth Day 2023: 15 Books on Refugeeism and the Climate Crisis
Our theme for Earth Day this year, at the AIU RACE Centre, is “Environmental Devastation and its impact on Refugeeism”. When environmental devasta...
Book review – The Celox and the Clot
‘My life is my own’ - Brown Bodies The Celox and the Clot delves deep into South Asian culture exploring sensitive themes of war, family, and the...