Join author, broadcaster and journalist Jimi Famurewa, to celebrate the publication of his new book Settlers: Journeys through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London.

The event will initially be broadcast on 16 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showing for one week.

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In this book Jimi, a British-Nigerian journalist, journeys into the hidden yet vibrant world of African London. Seeking to understand the ties that bind Black African Londoners together and link them with their home countries, he visits their places of worship, roams around markets and restaurants, attends a traditional Nigerian engagement ceremony, shadows them on their morning journeys to far-flung grammar schools and listens to stories from shopkeepers and activists, artists and politicians.

In conversation with Jeffrey Boakye for this virtual event, Jimi and Jeffrey will discuss the pathways of creativity and cultural production stretching from Lambeth to Lagos and Islington to Ivory Coast, alongside the friction between more conservative African customs and those of modern Londoners at the ‘limits of tradition.’ This unmissable event promises to display a new vivid portrait of London and of modern Britain.