Dr Kehinde Andrews was born in January 1983 and is currently Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University. He has a Bsc. in Psychology, an MA Social Research and a PhD in Sociology and Cultural Studies. 

His specialisms are Race, racism and ethnicity; Black Studies; Ethnography; Community activism and Scholar activism. 

He is also Director of the Centre for Critical Social Research, founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (blackunity.org.uk) and co-chair of the Black Studies Association.

• Last updated: June 2020

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JAMAICANS LIVING IN UKRAINE WHEN RUSSIA INVADED IN FEBRUARY, SHARE THEIR ACCOUNTS (2022)

On February 25, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Many students from African and Caribbean nations were trapped in Ukraine, due to the suddenness of the invasion. Here, some Jamaicans share their accounts.

CHERRY NATURAL (JAMAICA) SPOKEN WORD

Cherry Natural considers herself as a feminist dub poet or activist, and her sources of inspiration include the late Jamaican poet Louise Bennett. Louise Bennett is well-known as the first Caribbean poet who used Creole or patois consistently and to great effect in her ballads, and who relentlessly stood up for the people's language as opposed to standard English which was then considered as the only passport to social elevation.