Black History Month 2024 exhibitions at Norfolk libraries

The theme of this year's event is 'Reclaiming Narratives', with special exhibitions in Norfolk libraries.

The Beyond the Bassline exhibition, at Norwich's Millennium Library, is a display documenting Black music in Britain.

Running from Tuesday, October 1, until Thursday, October 31, the free exhibition is inspired by a British Library exhibition and explores how music acts as entertainment but also as liberation, protest and education.

The display spotlights clubs, carnivals and community hubs from across the country that have cultivated creative expression and inspired a number of Black British music genres.

The Millennium Library will also host an event called Black Futures, celebrating African and Caribbean heritage.

Special guest is Norfolk-based novelist and poet Ashley Hickson-Lovence, who recently published his third novel - Wild East.

Ashley Hickson-Lovence (Image: Norfolk Library Service)

The event runs from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday, October 23. It is free, but tickets must be booked at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-futures-tickets-1020502770257?aff=oddtdtcreator

Libraries all over Norfolk are celebrating Black History month with special collections of books at Dereham, Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Thetford, North Walsham, Norwich Millennium Library Gorleston and Wymondham.

And a photography exhibition capturing community life among Norwich's Muslims will be displayed at North Walsham Library.

Portrait of a woman (Image: Khalil Mitchell)

Muslims: Norwich, which premiered in the Museum of Norwich in Bridewell Alley earlier this year, features pictures photographer Khalil Mitchell has taken of his community, which meets at the Ihsan Mosque in Chapelfield East.

The Ihsan Mosque in Chapelfield East, Norwich (Image: Antony Kelly)

The photographs chronicle life at the mosque during and after the coronavirus pandemic.

The exhibition runs from Wednesday, September 25 until Wednesday, October 16.