This is the first of four Black History Month blogs, all focusing on the Pan-African Congress of 1945 held here in Manchester. In this refreshed blog (originally posted in 2019)  Holly Randhawa, at the time on work placement at the AIU Centre, writes about 1945’s Congress, underlining the importance of combatting colonial nostalgia.   What was the … Continue reading The 1945 Pan-African Congress: Manchester and the Fight for Equality