Held at Goldsmiths University, London, this exhibition of artworks, performance, talks and workshop took place on Saturday 13th July 2024.

It included artworks by Lisa Kennedy, Tamla Parris-Bah, Dr Sireita Mullings-Lawrence, Georgina Obaya Evans, Mya Onwugbonu, Vanessa Ansa and Damali Ibreck and extracts from a selection of texts used in the project's workshops and reading groups.

Invited panellists included activist, writer and historian, Stella Dadzie and open knowledge advocate and public historian, Kelly Foster. They responded to the following questions:    

• How do you define history?
• What's important for the future of the study of histories?
• What is sparked by the works and other elements of the exhibition? 

Underpinning the symposium were the project's guiding research questions:

• When we look at pre-colonial African histories and frame our responses to narratives which highlight ordinary life, practices, rituals and societal exchanges, what opportunities arise for looking at Black and diasporic identities in new ways?
• What can we learn from responding to more expanded histories in creative and personal ways?
• How do our lives contribute to the making of history in the present moment?