Caryl Phillips's speech at the first installation of the

Caryl Phillips is the founding Patron of the #RememberOluwale charity. He proposed a memorial in #Leeds for #DavidOluwale when he spoke about his book Foreigners -- Three English Lives (2007) at Leeds Metropolitan (now Beckett) University in 2008. (One of his three English lives is David Oluwale's.) www.carylphilli...
Our You Tube site contains a film of the whole of the first Blue Plaque ceremony, and clips of each speaker's contribution are bing uploaded in the coming days.
All this is in preparation for the re-installation of the Blue Plaque on Sunday 11th September 2022. For info on the upcoming festival to reinstall the plaque for David Oluwale, see here bit.ly/Oluwale...
The festival is linked to the launch of the maquette of Yinka Shonibare's sculpture for the David Oluwale Memory Garden at The Tetley Centre for Contemporary Art, also on Sunday 11.9.22. For info, see here bit.ly/3CsyC7L
Much thanks to Harry Meadley for making and editing these films.
These events are a collaboration between The Tetley, The David Oluwale Memorial Association and LEEDS 2023 Year of Culture, supported by Leeds City Council.