Search
Joseph Knight, A Slave - Fact and Fiction
A young boy, whose own name has never been determined, was transported by slave traders from Guinea on the west coast of Africa to...
woventogetherdundee
Nov 24, 20229 min read
32 views
0 comments
Breaking the Chains – Exploring Dundee’s Connections to Slavery
Breaking the Chains is a new map and walking trail created by Leisure & Culture Dundee and the University of Dundee Museums in...
woventogetherdundee
Nov 24, 20226 min read
67 views
0 comments
Meet Sharp and Nnenna Ugwuocha at the RCCG House of Praise Dundee
In these exclusive interviews for Woven Together, we meet Sharp Okorie Ugwuocha, engineer and Pastor of RCCG House of Praise Dundee and...
woventogetherdundee
Oct 6, 20222 min read
21 views
0 comments
Ambition and Education – Medical Students from India in the 1910s
“At present the question is whether medical education is to be part of the future ambition of Dundee… now I not only think Dundee...
woventogetherdundee
Oct 6, 20227 min read
28 views
0 comments
Housing Dundee’s Elderly Chinese
Dundee’s Chinese population began to develop in the 1960s. The first Chinese restaurant in the city opened in 1961 – the Bamboo Chinese...
woventogetherdundee
Aug 15, 20223 min read
75 views
0 comments
The Black Artists’ Model
On 13 November 1931, the Courier & Advertiser published a photo of students at Dundee School of Art (now Duncan of Jordanstone College of...
woventogetherdundee
Jun 29, 20223 min read
97 views
0 comments
Frances Wright - Pioneer Campaigner for Human Improvement
Frances Wright (also known as Fanny or Fan) was born at 136 Nethergate, Dundee on 6 September 1795. Before she reached her second...
woventogetherdundee
May 9, 20227 min read
78 views
0 comments
The Sojourner and the Aristocrat in Antigua Part Two – Sir John Ogilvy
This two-part feature looks at two wealthy men connected to Dundee but linked by their ownership of sugar plantations in Antigua. The...
woventogetherdundee
Apr 26, 202210 min read
201 views
0 comments