Tayo Aluko

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A Mustard Seed
A film by Femi Oladigbolu
Now on BBC iPlayer
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And on the big screen at Manchester Film Festival, March 26

A short film in which I play one of the leads is being screened at the Manchester Film Festival on March 26. Check out A Mustard Seed, directed by Femi Oladigbolu.
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#shortfilm #amustardseed #manchesterfilmfest

Filmed summer 2024, this independent feature will have its 2nd-ever screening in California in March. I fear the US may be a no-go destination for me personally, but I'll try. If you can represent me there, do. Further UK screenings hopefully from April onwards.
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Erased: A Tale of One Book, Two Letters and Three Libraries St. George's Hall, Liverpool Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo  It is Holocaust Remembrance Week 2026 in Liverpool. The 27 th  was the actual day....

Erased: A Tale of One Book, Two Letters and Three Libraries. A new blog.
#holocaustremembranceday #ronaldroberts #paulrobeson #peekskill #marxmemoriallibrary #wienerholocaustlibrary #toxtethlibrary #palestine #neveragain
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Activists celebrate securing Palestine Action judicial review Breaking: the legal team trying to overturn the proscription of Palestine Action just won a major victory in the Scottish courts

Activists celebrate securing Palestine Action judicial review

The case to overturn the proscription of Palestine Action has secured a significant victory in the Scottish Court of Session.

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Wake Up, America! A Lament for Paul Robeson YouTube video by Tayo Aluko, Writer, Actor

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#paulrobeson #paulrobeson50th

Little Girl of Hiroshima, sung by Tayo Aluko YouTube video by Tayo Aluko, Writer, Actor

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Little Girl of Hiroshima

As featured in the audio play
Paul Robeson's Love Song
by Tayo Aluko
Friday 23 and Sunday 25 January 2026

www.robesonslovesong.com
tickets: www.ticketebo.co.uk/tayo-aluko-friends

#paulrobeson50th #PaulRobeson #peekskill #Kenosha

Verse 7 of
Wake Up, America! (A lament for Paul Robeson)
Premiering Jan 23, 2026 www.tayoalukoandfriends.comwake-up-america
after performance of Paul Robeson's Love Song
Tickets at ticketebo.co.uk/tayo-aluko-friends
#paulrobeson50th #PaulRobeson #peekskill #Kenosha

Paul Robeson's Love Song, an audio play. Friday 23 and Sunday 25 on Zoom
Marking the 50th anniversary of his death.
Also sharing a new song: Wake Up, America!
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#paulrobeson50th #PaulRobeson #peekskill #Kenosha

Verse 5 of Wake Up, America! (A lament for Paul Robeson)
Premiering Jan 23, 2026, after sharing of Paul Robeson's Love Song, an audio play
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #peekskill #charlottesville #altright #paulrobeson50th #wakeupamerica #robesonslovesong

Verse 4 of Wake Up, America! (A lament for Paul Robeson)
Premiering Jan 23, 2026
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #peekskill #charlottesville #altright #paulrobeson50th #wakeupamerica #robesonslovesong

Verse 3 of
Wake Up, America!
New song written and performed in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson's death.
Modelled on Joe Hill and other famous Robeson songs.
Live online premiere 23 Jan 2026
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #paulrobeson50th

Filling Marika’s Shoes Published in Black Histories: Dialogues (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Filling Marika’s Shoes
My article about
Marika Sherwood (1937–2025)
Historian, Researcher, Educator.
Co-founder of BASA, the Black and Asian Studies Association
Pioneer researcher in the history of Black Britain.
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#blackhistory #blackhistories

British Nigerian Considers Justification of State Executions of Protesters for Own-Body Weaponisation 14 January 2026

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The Leader of the House of Commons responds to the MP of a dying hunger striker, feigning ignorance of her case. Willingness or intention?
#freethehungerstrikers #freethefilton24 #protestisnotaccrime
#prisoners4palestine
#ukcomplicityingenocide
#leaderofthehouse #hebamuraisi #freethefilton24

Verse 2 of
Wake Up, America!
New song written and performed in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson's death.
Modelled on Joe Hill and other famous Robeson songs.
Live online premiere 23 Jan 2026
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #paulrobeson50th

Verse 1 of
Wake Up, America!
New song written and performed in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson's death.
Modelled on Joe Hill and other famous Robeson songs.
Live online premiere 23 Jan 2026
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #paulrobeson50th

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Paul Robeson & January 6
January 23 2026 will be 50 years since he died.
Look out for Paul Robeson's Love Song and a new song titled Wake Up, America! A Lament for Paul Robeson
#paulrobeson50th
#paulrobeson #january6 #wakeupamerica

Donate to The Long Walk of Freedom For Sudan, organized by Giel Malual The Long Walk of Freedom for Sudan is a humanitarian fundraising initiative dedicated t… Giel Malual needs your support for The Long Walk of Freedom For Sudan

Please consider supporting this cause.
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Paul Robeson died in Philadelphia on January 23 1976. To mark the 50th anniversary of his passing, Tayo Aluko & Friends and #themorningstar team up to present two special sharings of this timely play, Paul Robeson's Love Song.
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#paulrobeson #peekskill #kenosha

I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib

" I wish I could convey how much energy resistance brings you."
Amu Gib writes with an empty stomach but a heart, soul and body filled to the brim with more humanity and bravery than the entire bought-and-paid-for government.

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EXPOSED: Starmer's Secret Political Prisoners YouTube video by Double Down News

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#supporthehungerstikers
#prisonersforpalestine

BREAKING: BLACK MAN WITH SUSPECTED LINKS TO FOREIGN TERROR ORGANISATION KILLS EIGHT IN BRITISH PRISON(S)

#freethehungerstrikers
#filton24
#prisoners4palestine

Tayo Aluko on Instagram: "It is a chilling fact that of these three men, the one that poses the greatest threat to my life, the most dangerous to me and to many British people right now, is the one th... 0 likes, 0 comments - mrtayoaluko on December 13, 2025: "It is a chilling fact that of these three men, the one that poses the greatest threat to my life, the most dangerous to me and to many British ...

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The Best of British to the Worst of British. A Liverpool (and Westminster) Story. I was pleasantly surprised to find recently that The Guardian had published the obituary of a dear old friend of mine, John Gibson in la...

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“One sees Palestinian children bravely defying the best armed operaratives; I also need to show a bit of bravery.”

Tayo has been arrested under the UK Terrorism Act on at least two occasions for peacefully holding a cardboard sign.

Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org

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