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Rui da Silva
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Tobi Kyerematang
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Magdalene Abraha

A Quick Ting On: Plantain and Theatre Sh*t

Rui da Silva and Tobi Kyerematang Chaired by Magdalene Abraha

Saturday, 2 April 2022

6:00pm

1 hour

Weston Lecture Theatre

£7 - £12.50

Music and theatre producers and writers Rui da Silva and Tobi Kyerematang discuss the importance of Black British culture and its impact on the UK cultural landscape under the chairmanship of Magdalene Abrah, editor of the first ever book series on Black British culture.

The A Quick Ting On series, published by Jacaranda, was developed and commissioned by Abraha. Titles include A Quick Ting On: Plantain by Da Silva and A Quick Ting On: Theatre Sh*t by Kyeremateng. Other titles in the ongoing series include ones on black British businesses, Grime, Afrobeats, and the Black British Power movement. The series aims to celebrate, pay homage to, and explore Black British culture.

Da Silva is a music producer exploring and fusing various musical styles from Hip Hop and Soul to Jungle and African Folk. He is also an illustrator, youth worker and founder of AfroEats, a magazine celebrating Afro-Caribbean home-cooks in London. Kyerematang is a multi-award-winning multidisciplinary producer and writer from South London, working across film, theatre, community-centred programmes and live public events. Abraha is a writer, curator, and award-winning publisher. She appeared on The Bookseller’s Rising Star list 2019.

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The Telegraph Festival media partner University of Oxford European Union Supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the UK Cultural Relations Platform Supporter of the festival's Voices of Europe programme Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner Oxford Mathematics Spanish Embassy The Spanish Embassy: supporters of the programme of Spanish literature and culture Cervantes Institute, London The Cervantes Institute, London elBullifoundation Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Compassion in World Farming Pasture to Plate Oxford Business College Where learning meets opportunity: education partners of the festival Old Bank Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Old Parsonage Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Oxford Brookes University Oxford International Centre for Publishing Critchleys Accountants to the festival Confucius Institute Voltaire Foundation Felicity Bryan Associates Goldmoney Properties Princeton University Press Prestige publishing partner. Celebrating 25 years in Europe in 2024 Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Jewish Book Week Partner of Oxford Literary Festival Jim Mellon Miles Young Tim and Marion Stevenson Martin and Elise Becket Smith Ian and Carol Sellars David Isaac Mary and Cecil Quillen Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture Other donors Yale University Press London New College New College founded 1379 Exeter College Exeter College: college home of the festival. Founded 1314 Worcester College Worcester College founded 1714 Lincoln College Lincoln College founded 1427 Trinity College Trinity College founded 1555 Magdalen College Magdalen College founded 1458 Reuben College Reuben College founded in 2019 Pusey House Founded 1884 Brasenose College Brasenose College founded in 1512 New Dutch Writing Human Ecology Project MACROVegan Bear Ram Elk Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design Racalia Olive Oil Olive oil from Sicily Paul Bloomfield Ltd University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office The Sheldonian Theatre Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Oxford University Images Oxford University Images CAV Oxford The Litmus Partnership Schoolreaders Windrush Group The Oxford Times BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner Conference Oxford Ox in a Box OX magazine