Jagdish Patel | Asian Activism in Nottingham

An exhibition, meal, and walk led by artist Jagdish Patel, bringing together stories from the South Asian disapora. Through photography and archival material, this project focuses on people who settled in Nottingham and used their activism to challenge everyday racism in the city.

Jagdish worked with South Asian elders to gather stories and archival material from the 1950s onwards, and to develop a series of portraits. The participants shared their experiences of music and culture, housing campaigns, interventions in factories and workplaces, legal challenges, and the creation of community spaces. Although many of these small acts went largely unacknowledged at the time, they contributed to the Nottingham we know today.

With thanks to: Dr Gurdev Bhatia, the Bedi family, Bhavesh Jani, the family of Boston Din, Dr Irfan Malik, Jai Verma, Parbinder Singh, Pushka and Janet Lail, Roger Tanner, Santokh Singh Nijran, Sajid Mohammed, Shazia Khan, Seema Mohindra, Sophia Ramcharan, Usha Sood, Val Wood. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.