The Rites of Passage project is dedicated to making Bradford’s Caribbean heritage and history better understood, more appreciated and more accessible to all. It is part of a wider vision to create an inclusive history about Bradford.
Rites of Passage: Bradford’s Sound System Stories focuses upon one distinctive part of the city’s Caribbean musical heritage and cultural legacy. It contributes to on-going work across the city to ensure that the diverse heritage and histories of Caribbean experience are integral and dynamic components of Bradford’s identity for present and future generations.
Below, you can find some other useful links to local initiatives that are at the forefront of these efforts:
Marshfield Odsal Bankfoot Enterprise – the group behind Rites of Passage, as well as several other community-led projects in Bradford
ACAP (African Caribbean Achievement Project) – promoting and raising the educational development of people of African and Caribbean descent since 1995.
Black Health Forum – working in partnership with Bradford’s African/African-Caribbean communities, enabling them to become confident and informed about health and social care
Bradford 2025 – the homepage of Bradford’s 2025 ‘UK City of Culture’ bid
Bradford and District Local Studies – collecting and preserving comprehensively printed material in many forms concerning individual localities, people and events within the Bradford District
Dominica Association of Bradford – set up in 1979 after Hurricane David in Dominica; provides cultural, social and educational facilities for Dominicans and the wider community
MAPA Bradford – creative participation for young people and the community
Sound System Culture – one of our favourite Facebook pages dedicated to local cultural heritage, ran by ‘Let’s Go Yorkshire’
Useful national resources also include:
Black Cultural Archives – the only national heritage centre dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain
National Lottery Heritage Fund – our principal supporters for the Rites of Passage project, as well as many more initiatives (both past and present) that promote Black History and Culture in Britain
Rites of Passage: Bradford's Sound System Stories 