Film Number

7466

Title

THE STRUGGLE OF BLACK WORKERS, MR MUNIRO FARO [PART ONE]

Producer

WFA

Date

1982

Gauge

U-matic LB

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

62 mins 43 secs

Description

Filmed in his home in Gorton, Manchester, Muniro Faro recounts his life in England where he arrived in July 1942 in Hull from Nigeria. He arrived as an experienced engineer/ fitter. From Hull, he moved to Manchester and has remained here since. Very disillusioned with the poverty he saw on arrival, totally contrary to what he'd grown up believing about England. Initially employed as labourer at Trafford Park as emergency worker during WWII. He was able to join the union because of credentials and then made his way in various skilled jobs at different companies. A delegate at THE Pan-African Congress in 1945, he talks about context for the Conference, black people's reaction to it, the individuals who were there - Jomo Kenyatta, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore, T R Makonnen - and his impressions of them. Recounts a story about Kenyatta and the police at Platt Fields because of Kenyatta's reputation as such a rousing and fiery speaker. Also talks about the relationship between Trade Unions and Pan-African Conference, Black Consciousness in USA.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]