The “Colston Four” could become the “Mangrove Nine” of Bristol
The Colston Four's only crime was tearing down the statue of a merchant and slave trader, Edward Colston
Read moreDetailsMelissa is a Bristol-based writer, reporter and radio producer, a lecturer in journalism at UWE Bristol, as well as the current writer-in-residence at the Arnolfini Gallery. Between 2004 and 2010, she has been reporting in places like Paris, Florence, Prague, Marseille, Miami, and London, before moving to Kenya in 2010 for the BBC World Service, travelling to 14 other African countries. She also worked as a producer and researcher in podcasts and films, notably for Velvet Films, for documentaries on African, American, European and colonial history, and as a communication specialist for NGOs in Central Africa and the Middle East. She came to Bristol in 2015 to write about African-European relations, social change and cultural politics.
The Colston Four's only crime was tearing down the statue of a merchant and slave trader, Edward Colston
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