Somali Village Wins Cultural Knowledge Exchange Project of the Year 2026!
We are thrilled and honoured to share some incredible news! Somali Village has been named the winner of the Cultural Knowledge Exchange Project of the Year at the NCACE Future Icons of Culture Knowledge Exchange Awards. Along with this prestigious title, our project has been awarded a £1,000 prize, which will directly support our ongoing…
New Student Research on Bradford’s Somali Village and Colonial Bradford
The Somali Village charity would like to highlight the work of five Leeds University students who were seconded to the Somali Village in Colonial Bradford project during 2025-26, which has seen the release of a schools pack for the whole Bradford District, and the launch of a six-month exhibition at Cartwright Hall. The students, with…
Researching Connections between Bradford’s Wool Trade and Empire
Nancy Pilkington Wool is often imagined as a traditional product associated with rural landscapes. However, research into Bradford’s industrial history shows that wool was deeply embedded within colonial networks. During the nineteenth century, the city developed from a small market town into the ‘wool capital of the world’, or ‘Worstedopolis’, a term coined by William…
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