Cable Street: Across Borders
In conversation with Asif Shakoor, Alan Kunna and Georgie Wemyss with a special screening of 'Limestone and Jute' by Tosin (GOKE Studio).
Asif, Alan and Georgie will discuss the interconnected histories of Lascars, Cable Street and anti-racist resistance in the East End in this Q&A event with a special screening of Limestone and Jute by Tosin (GOKE Studio)
Throughout our 'Cable Street' exhibition (1 Oct - 31 Oct 2026) Four Corners is hosting a series of talks offering different perspectives on th Battle of Cable Street and a a century of collective action against racism, fascism and exclusion.
121 Roman Rd121 Roman Road, London, E2 0QN
Speaker Biographies:
Asif Shakoor is an independent scholar and authority on 'lascar' heritage. He grew up in Manor Park and is a former student of the University of East London (UEL). He is currently an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of a forthcoming book, Unearthing Invisible Seafaring Histories of Empire. In addition to this, he writes for the Port Towns & Urban Cultures (PTUC) website, University of Portsmouth. Asif has also contributed research to the Maritime Archaeology Trust's booklet on BAME seafarers in WWI and to The Lascar Research Project, Our Shared Cultural Heritage (OSCH) programme at Glasgow Life Museums. He has worked on a project to digitise Cooks Certificates for Indian seamen at the National Maritime Museum, and he is a former Advisory Board member of the Mariners: Religion, race and empire in British ports, 1801-1914 project based at the University of Bristol.
Alan Kunna was born and grew up in Whitechapel. He studied history at university where he focused on the role and impact of colonial government on African society and politics. He later pursued a career in teaching and taught English in Sudan, Italy and history in a variety of London colleges. His mother’s family lived on Cable Street from the late 1920’s until 1970. He credits his mother with being his first and most inspiring history teacher as her vivid recollections of the difficult conditions of her early life and her eyewitness accounts of the Battle of Cable Street and the Blitz gave him a life long interest in the subject.
Georgie Wemyss co-directs the research Centre for Migration, Refugees and Belonging at the University of East London. She has been facilitating walks and conversations focusing on the invisible histories of the East India Docks and south Asian seafarer histories with community groups and students for over two decades.
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