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Due to Dr. Henry’s dynamic and engaging
style of presentation he is renowned as a first class public
speaker and as such has lectured/spoken nationally in several
universities, schools, colleges, as well as on behalf of various
public and private organisations. He also has an impressive
international profile as a public speaker and has delivered
talks at various institutions, including: University Of The
West Indies, Department of Literature-Reggae Studies
Unit, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica, WI: University
of Gothenburg: Centre for Cultural Studies,
Gothenburg, Sweden. The African American Studies Department,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Queens University
Belfast: Department of Ethnomusicology, Belfast,
Northern Ireland. Howard University: Department of
Humanities, Washington DC, USA and African
And African American Studies Program, University
Of Oklahoma: Tulsa, USA.
He has been interviewed nationally and internationally on
several TV and Radio stations and features in several documentaries
including WHITEY BLIGHTY, Channel 4, 2003;
BANG BANG IN DA MANOR, BBC 3, 2005; BLEACH
MY SKIN WHITE, ITV 2005; GHOST TOWN,
BBC 2, 2006, INSIDE OUT, BBC1, 2007, and
Have Your Say programme on the Abolition of Slavery,
BBC World 2007. Dr. Henry has published in the areas of Afrikan
history, race, ethnicity, music and education and is a regular
contributor to www.blackbritain.co.uk and to the recently
defunct New Nation Newspaper.
Selected Publications
Henry, W ‘Lez’ (2007) Whiteness Made Simple:
stepping into the GREY zone, London: Learning By
Choice
Henry, W ‘Lez’ (2006) What The Deejay
Said: A Critique From The Street! London: Learning
By Choice Publications
Beckford R. & Henry, W. A. (2005), ‘Church-hall
Vs the Dance-hall’ (in) Beckford, R. Jesus
Dub, London: Routledge. [Chapter in book]
Henry, W. A. (2005), ‘Projecting The Natural:
Language, Citizenship and Representation In Outernational
Culture’ (in) Besson. J, and Olwig. K. F, (eds),
Caribbean Narratives of Belonging , London:
Macmillan Press Ltd. [Chapter in book]
Henry, W. A. (2005), ‘British Deejay culture
– a Voice of the ‘the Voiceless’ Black Inner-city
Youth’ (in) Youth, Otherness and the
Plural City: Modes of belonging and Social Life Göteborg,
Sweden: Daidalos [Chapter in book]
Henry, W. A. ‘Chatting For Change’
(2003), (in) L. Back. L & Bull. M, The Auditory
Cultures Reader, Oxford: Berg . [Chapter in book]
Henry, W. A. (2002), ‘Music’, ‘Sound
System Deejays’, ‘Lovers Rock’
and various biographical articles (in) A. Donnell (ed), Companion
To Contemporary Black British Culture, London: Routledge.
Forthcoming Publication
Henry, W. A. (2009) ‘Conceptualisation and effects of
social exclusion, racism and discrimination and coping strategies
of individuals and families’ (in) Hylton, C. & Ochieng,
B. (eds) Black Families in Britain as the Site of
Struggle, Manchester University Press[Chapter in
book]
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