Dr Kehinde Andrews

Professor of Black Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University.

Black Heritage Walks Networks’ educational tours and workshops have been endorsed by Dr Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University.

Kehinde is an academic, activist and author. Andrews earned a PhD in Sociology and Cultural Studies from the University of Birmingham in 2011. His thesis was entitled "Back to Black: Black Radicalism and the Supplementary School Movement" (2013). His other books include “Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century (2018) and more recently “The New Age of Empire: How racism and colonialism still rule the world”.

Kehinde led the development of the Black Studies degree and is director of the Centre for Critical Social Research; founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity; and co-chair of the Black Studies Association.

Andrews is the first black studies professor in the UK and led the establishment of the first black studies programme in Europe at Birmingham City University.