bumpkin files 🪵
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archive + journal exploring Black british life beyond london, & underrepresented communities within the diaspora. curated by @karisbeau
Est. 2017
Joined December 2020
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Bumpkin Files Is The Submission-Based Archive Celebrating Black British Communities Outside Of London
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Bumpkin Files Is The Submission-Based Archive Celebrating Black British Communities Outside Of London
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What started with photographer Karis Beaumont’s trove of personal family photos quickly grew to become a platform featuring images from people all over the country.
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I can’t speak for others but the Dominica Association of Bradford, the Bradford West Indian Parents Association, my grandmothers and their community along with my parents raised me 🤝🇩🇲🤝 It’s all about creating the institutions, attending the events & preserving them.
Time for some Jounen Kwéyòl magic with the family 🕺🏾🇩🇲💃🏾
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I can’t believe we’re disputing a Black British Identity doesn’t exist because Londoners don’t know what happens in the north, as if someone from New York can tell you everything that is happening in Mississippi.
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i often see the phrase "Black-British culture" function to represent black cultures in London. i rarely see the phrase including/representing black-british culture external of london.
@jojoldn I think there is but not everyone “black” and British has that (the same) experience. Because they don’t relate to it, they don’t believe it exists.
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Black is Beautiful 🖤 A boy in Beresford Street. Rusholme, Manchester (1969) Photographed by Michael Ward via Getty Images/Harper’s Bazaar
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West Indian street party on Lamport Street. Chapeltown, Leeds (1993) 🇬🇧
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The Chapeltown community. Leeds, West Yorkshire: a thread 🇬🇧
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I attended a BBQ in St Albans at the weekend, which unexpectedly turned out to be a family reunion on my Grandma B’s side. so glad I documented the vibes ☀️
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as Londoners we’re often privileged in terms of access to creative opportunities or spaces. if we want the UK to keep flourishing creatively it’s imperative that we also support our creative peers outside of London
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Black is Beautiful 🖤 A boy in Beresford Street. Rusholme, Manchester (1969) Photographed by Michael Ward via Getty Images/Harper’s Bazaar
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We’ve reopened photo & video submissions! Guidelines can be found on our form, get involved + spread the word 🧡 https://t.co/9My2DloR0z
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@VVbrown you’re spittin! I think another layer to your valid points is that you aren’t from ‘ends’ either. being Black from outta london already gets us unfairly placed in some weird unspoken ‘othered’ box anyway, especially back in the day. so getting fully embraced in this place? long.
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Our founder wrote a piece for @_wearesoul about the importance of diasporic connection + the ILẸ WA project 🤎 Read the full article here: https://t.co/0yvHvnjRnw
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Bumpkin Files and ILẸ WA hold similar motifs when it comes to painting the bigger picture”. - @karisbeau, founder of @BumpkinFiles Read the full blog via the link here
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The spaces I spent my childhood in really have influenced me. Having these physical spaces really does make a difference in what you can do community wise. Wherever we can we have to pitch in to make sure we can buy and own our buildings. We NEED to.
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On the wall of fame, they have her there with aunty Polly, and other Black British greats, I love it 🥹🥹🥹🥹 The community has been awarding the elders and other community figures for their work in changing lives and holding on tight against forces trying to tear us apart ❤️
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Grandma’s fundraising along with other Bradford legends such as Aunty Polly turned a shack in a field into MAPA in 1972. A community affair, MAPA was at the heart of Bradford’s Black community in Newby Square where she lived. 50 years later it still stands. Cc: @BumpkinFiles
TW: contentment in life; absence of depressive thoughts So proud of my grandma being honoured for her activism and fundraising work as one of Bradford’s first Windrush generation elders She came out in her GOOD GOOD church hat, scarf and cane 😂🥺🫶🏾
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