Our Work

WomanzVue was launched on 15 September 2020 to mark the birth date of Dr McClymont’s muse, the Jamaican-born writer Claude McKay (15 September 1889). You will see from the publicity flyers that the organisation aims to engage with historical and current issues. For example, following on from the outcry surrounding the “Child Q” safeguarding failures case, WomanzVue hosted a snap discussion on 24 March (“Strip and Search – the Adultification of Black Children”), which attracted over 500 attendees.

Black History Month: “Righting History”

With a focus on teaching and celebrating Black History all year round, WomanzVue is a pan-African virtual space that attracts some of the leading community historians and academics in the UK (Jamaica and in the USA) who are “righting history”, rather than “re-writing history”. Past events include “Race, the Monarchy and the Commonwealth” discussion, “Racism, Underachievement and Decolonising the Curriculum”, the controversial “Sewell Report: a Roundtable Discussion” (with a follow up session by popular demand) and Steve McQueen’s vexing TV documentary, “Subnormal: Windrush Children”, not to mention “Commemorating the 73rd Anniversary of Windrush” in June 2021.

Our Sponsors: The Weekly Gleaner

In celebration of The Weekly Gleaner’s 70 years of publishing in the UK, Dr McClymont moderated their timely discussion, “Is Black History Month Still Relevant?” Again, in December 2021, Dr McClymont was invited to moderate The Gleaner’s virtual discussion, “Should Jamaica Become a Republic?”
WomanzVue is also sponsored by CaribDirect Multi-Media Ltd. 

 International Women’s Day

In March 2021, WomanzVue hosted its first International Women’s Day! As part of the calendar of annual events, this year the line up of speakers included Ambassador Aloun Ndomet-Assamba (former High Commissioner for Jamaica/UK), Professor Joan Anim-Addo (Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture in the English and Creative Writing Department at Goldsmiths, University of London), and Barbara Blake Hannah O.D (the first UK Black female on-camera reporter for the current affairs programme Today, 1968).

Promoting Black Writers

As a womanist writer, Dr McClymont uses WomanzVue to provide a ‘free’ space for established and up-and-coming Black writers to promote their published work. To date, the platform has launched four books by Black writers, including Dr McClymont’s historical novel: Little River! 

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