The new album by the Malian artists Amadou & Mariam features special guest appearances by Keziah Jones, "M", Tiken Jah Fakoli, Toumani Diabate and Juan Rozoff.
Award-winning playwright Adriano Shaplin's new play for the Royal Shakespeare Company brings to life the political and intellectual turmoil of London in 1658.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago was one product of the movement to create a so-called Free Jazz – a new sound to capture the feeling in black America in the 1960s.
The outstanding Emory Douglas exhibition at the Urbis in Manchester is much more than an art show. Visitors can feel the atmosphere the Black Panthers developed in and the outrage that made the party grow.
American writer and activist Studs Terkel died last week, aged 96.
This play explores the issues surrounding the proposed 42 days detention without trial which, although rejected by the Lords, will be enforced in the event of a terrorist attack.
This film explores the response of artists to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Looking back the shocking thing is just how mundane it was to visit Northern Ireland’s H Blocks of Long Kesh – or "the Maze" as the British called it.
When you walk into the British Library and through the door to the Taking Liberties exhibition, the first thing you come face to face with is a copy of Magna Carta.
This documentary focuses on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther party organiser who has been on death row since 1981.
A stranger visits a barber. He has, he says, "bad news" to impart – in fact the news is so bad that the adjective "bad" barely suffices. For 70 minutes the two men talk.
A new photograph exhibition celebrates east London’s rich political history and the individuals who took a stand for their rights and to improve their quality of life.
