Also a great donation page here compiled by Jamaican Scottish poet @JedaPearl - you can decide to donate an amount to one of these and just show proof to join the tour:

Hurricane Melissa wreaked devastation a few days ago across the northern Caribbean. Special HURRICANE RELIEF 90 minute Black History Walking Tour on Saturday 11:45-1:15. £15 or more if you can afford it. Meet outside Paradise Palms, 41 Lothian Street near the University Campus.

Limes, so important to the British Navy - how do they connect Leith and the Caribbean? Come and find out how limes, religion and the Caribbean Federation connect on Black Walking Tours of Leith in October #caribbeaninscotland #blackhistoryscotland

Lots of local neighbourhood tours for October - of central Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello! Selling out very quickly, so check them out #blackhistoryedinburgh

When did Trinidad's famous intellectual, C.L.R James come to Edinburgh? Which famous writer lived in the “Trinidad Boys” flat in Edinburgh in the 1960s and tried to set up a wing of the Caribbean Arts Movement? @bocaslitfest @newbeaconbooks @peepaltreepress @TTHCLondon

31st August marks Independence Day for Trinidad and Which president of the British Linen Bank in St Andrew Square had cotton plantations in Tobago? Who was the real Tom Riddell, Voldemort's alter ego in the Harry Potter books and why was he in Trinidad?

Who was the young doctor from Trinidad who studied at Edinburgh over 200 years ago and wrote the first ever book by a Caribbean writer? Which house on Queen St belonged to Sir Ralph Abercrombie, the first British Governor of Trinidad?

31st August marks Independence Day for Trinidad and Tobago! Edinburgh is FULL of links to the twin-island state so come out on a Black History Walking Tour of Edinburgh tomorrow at 12 and hear all about it! #TrinidadandTobago #trinidadindependenceday

MAURICE BISHOP’S MESSAGE TO AFRICANS IN THE UNITED STATES Today marks what would have been the 81st birthday of Maurice Rupert Bishop, a revolutionary from Grenada and one of the Caribbean’s fiercest champions of people-powered liberation. Bishop, born on 29 May 1944, led the

"Israel has dropped the equivalent of 6 nuclear bombs on Gaza"

After 1807, increased pressure was also put on enslaved women to produce the next generation of enslaved workers. Boys 8+ and young men were also trafficked to the Caribbean to become soldiers in the British Army post 1807. It's complex history, so come on tour and find out more

As part of this mission, the British went on to take Trinidad and what became Guyana. These 'new colonies' allowed for abolition of the Atlantic slave trade and instead encouraged the regional slave trade even after 1807 from other colonies

Haiti led the way in August 1791, followed by St Lucia, Grenada and St Vincent. The British couldn't beat the Haitians and withdrew by 1798. The rest of the forces, led by Scot Sir Ralph Abercromby, concentrated on reenslaving people across the Eastern Caribbean

Britain sent a huge military mission to the Caribbean in the 1790s, as part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Forces were sent to reinstate enslavement in many Caribbean islands where people had liberated themselves or were close to creating a republic free of enslavement

Some last minute spots for tomorrow's tour starting at 11am at the Charles II monument in Parliament Square and ending at St Andrew Square. Lovely tours and people this weekend! Here's to more :)

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To mark Guyanese Independence on Monday, the Black History Walking Tour of Edinburgh tomorrow is full of Guyanese connections like taxidermist John Edmonstone, Victorian MP Peter McLagan, the children of Doll Thomas 'the Queen of Demerara', and Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson!

Just added dates for Black History Walking Tours of Edinburgh - covers end of May to mid August. Lots to choose from - special focus tours on Guyana, the French Caribbean, Windrush Day, Carnival weekend and more!

St Andrews University rector wins appeal over dismissal following Gaza statement @scottishlegal

Israel has bombed one of Gaza’s only operational water desalination plants, which was supplying clean drinking water. Many Palestinians now fear dying of thirst before being killed by Israel's air attacks.