Oumou Longley
@ou_muo
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archival projects and writing only here sometimes!
London
Joined May 2020
an immersive installation of our audio piece about the life and remembering of local activist Olive Morris, using interviews conducted by @rememberolive @LambethArchives, is happening from 18th-26th June at Unit 14e, Brixton Market Row for @WindrushLambeth ⭐️@MakeItInBrixton
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Next month, @LSEGenderTweet will host a panel event with Jade Bentil, @ououmuo, Milo Miller, @lolaolufemi_ and @SM_Rodriguez77 to reflect on the legacies of the Brixton Black Women’s Group. Find out more: https://t.co/ndHpfSImia
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Today would’ve been the 70th birthday of Black British activist, courageous friend and pioneer #OliveMorris. We will be celebrating at our Brixton sound installation that shares personal testimonies of those who knew her from @LambethArchives @rememberolive @MakeItInBrixton ⭐️
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Today, we remember and celebrate Olive Elaine Morris (26 June 1952 – 12 July 1979) and her radical grassroots activism #OliveMorrisDay2022
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You can listen to #NewCreatives artist @ououmuo’s documentary about activist Olive Morris in full on BBC Introducing Arts with @huwstephens. Stream on @BBCSounds now:
You can hear our @bbcarts audio doc that celebrates the life of Black British activist Olive Morris and the community who remember her @rememberolive in real life! As part of an installation for @WindrushLambeth @MakeItInBrixton 12-8pm until 26th June at 14e Market Row, Brixton
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You can hear our @bbcarts audio doc that celebrates the life of Black British activist Olive Morris and the community who remember her @rememberolive in real life! As part of an installation for @WindrushLambeth @MakeItInBrixton 12-8pm until 26th June at 14e Market Row, Brixton
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Really special to be sharing an installation of our audio doc about late Black British activist Olive Morris, around what would have been her 70th bday! 🎂 and as part of @WindrushLambeth for @MakeItInBrixton at Unit 14e Brixton Market Row, 18-26th June @bbcarts @LambethArchives
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Olive Morris: Voices of the Archive, was played on @bbcarts @BBC6Music last week! You can catch it online, or come to our real life installation celebrating her life and activism at Unit 14e, Market Row, Brixton SW9 8LB ⭐️ https://t.co/moxYvxwzld
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If you are in London this coming week, 25th June - 2 July, make sure to not miss our #NumbiFest2022 We look forward to welcoming you. Tickets for our event are live at: https://t.co/9txD8fBDsy BOOK NOW & Pls RT 🌻💛
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really nice to experience these history makings take on their own life despite my own life being a bit limited at the moment! xxx
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My audio piece Olive Morris: Voices of the archive is showing @ICALondon from 1st-6th Feb!! Drop in to hear Olive’s story woven together from oral histories found in the Olive Morris Collection @rememberolive at @LambethArchives
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'Speaking my worries to the archive, and posing my urgencies to Olive, I allowed the archive to talk back to me my transformation, in a radical revaluing of Black selfhood.' - Oumou Longley (@ououmuo), 'Olive and me in the archive' #OliveMorris #FR129 #OA
https://t.co/ROdUwyP1mW
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This article aims to explore how the archival life of Olive Morris might radically rebuff the devaluation of Black womanhood and identity in Britain. Harnessing...
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'Speaking my worries to the archive, and posing my urgencies to Olive, I allowed the archive to talk back to me my transformation, in a radical revaluing of Black selfhood.' - Oumou Longley (@ououmuo), 'Olive and me in the archive' #OliveMorris #FR129 #OA
journals.sagepub.com
This article aims to explore how the archival life of Olive Morris might radically rebuff the devaluation of Black womanhood and identity in Britain. Harnessing...
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Including an article by our phd student @ououmuo
We are pleased to announce that our latest Currents issue has launched! #FR129
https://t.co/ChnSTfhSNB
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Since my article in the news last week I’ve spoken to my neighbours on the Eastfields Estate. Clarion have had us living like this for years. One woman was told to ‘sleep in the bath’ by clarion. Another went into early child birth due to health complications from mice pleaseRT🙏🏽
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Black British On Police Stop And Search . 1990s - Tottenham.
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📣 Urgent Call to Action: Some MPs are pushing for Labour to make the Nordic Model policy TODAY. If you have a Labour MP please let them know that workers say #NoToNordicModel You can use this tool to email your MP - though do personalise it if you can👇 https://t.co/TYr3mFOmuI
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For @openDemocracy I wrote about racism against Asian people, its history and an old paper round scrap. Thanks to @carolinejmolloy for the edits, wisdom + patience. #StopAsianHate
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Growing up in south-east London, one of my earliest memories was being assaulted – hit in the jaw and with racist slurs – as I delivered newspapers
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