My Glasgow: Walking Tours were launched earlier this year as part of Refugee Week Scotland. Women from refugee backgrounds created and led three different tours that explored various elements of the city. The tours were a resounding hit so we’ve created a brand new tour for Glasgow’s Black History Month programme.
The what and the why
When I told the tour guides this exciting news, they were slightly perplexed. Black History Month? What is that? Why is that?
Good questions.
Black History Month is celebrated every October but it shouldn’t really exist. Our education system and our communal historical consciousness should incorporate the history of people from all ethnicities and all walks of life. Yet instead, the history books largely distort or entirely omit black history from the records.
Black History Month aims to address this by celebrating the influence of black communities on British culture and development. It raises awareness of the importance of black history and is a celebration of cultural diversity.
So we will be celebrating Black History Month with a brand new walking tour. The new tour starts and finishes at the Tron Theatre. It takes the audience into Glasgow’s Medieval and Victorian history and explores the tour guides’ personal histories.
Get a new perspective on Glasgow
It’s a chance to hear about the candle-makers who accidently set the city on fire, to ponder the cultural differences and similarities between Scotland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and to see what Glasgow looks like through the eyes of some of the refugees living here.
It’s an opportunity to walk, talk and drink tea with three inspiring women from Africa and to hear stories that will hopefully live with you long after Black History Month is over.
Book your tickets
My Glasgow: Walking Tours take place on Wednesday 24, Friday 26 and Saturday 27 October at 3pm. Tickets can be booked through the Tron online or on 0141 552 4267.
Join us if you can!
