Samenua Sesher speaks with the trailblazing changemaker Stella Dadzie. 

In the late 1970s Stella co-founded the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent, a central plank of the UK Civil Rights movement. She is the co-author of the award-winning book The Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain, which was republished by Verso Books in 2018 as a feminist classic. Her most recent work, A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance, was published in 2020. 

Stella Dadzie was nominated by the Friends of the Huntley Archives at the London Metropolitan Archives (FHALMA). The Huntley Archives contain the collections of the pioneering publishers Eric and Jessica Huntley. They said: ‘FHALMA is proud to have nominated activist, educationalist, internationally-acclaimed writer and historian Stella Dadzie. Her deep level of influence has manifested itself across forty years as a constant, compelling radical voice, championing progressive black feminist perspectives – especially critical at a time when the prevailing climate supported aggressive racist behaviours and disenfranchisement of Black British communities.’

A quick warning that this episode contains descriptions of slavery and violence against women which may be upsetting for some listeners. 

This episode is presented by Samenua Sesher and produced by Stella Sabin. It is a production for the Museum of Colour www.museumofcolour.org.uk

The music in this series is by Soweto Kinch.

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