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| Dr Olushola Kolawole also runs the Bradford African Festival of Arts Dr. Olushola Kolawole is the executive director of the African Business Association in Yorkshire and a lecturer at the University of Bradford. "When the programme was being designed, we were not carried along in the designing of the programme," stated Dr. Kolawole. "Consultation was really poor." He commented: "I think they focused more on the white community and the Asian community and they left behind the black community because we're not carried along, we're not consulted." Bradford Council estimates that the Bradford district, which includes communities like Shipley and Ilkley, is 32.1% Asian or British Asian and 61.1% white. There have been other problems, according to Dr. Kolawole, even though only 2% of the population—roughly 10,000 people—are black. In January, Keighley hosted an event for the Meet Our Mothers cookbook, which celebrated family cuisine, that raised special concerns. The hiring of a white chef surprised some African community had anticipated cooking in their own cultures. He stated not enough members of the community had been invited to participate, despite the fact that there had been some black participation during the year of culture. "These are not the people that are based in Bradford," remarked the man. I am talking about involving the grassroots since they are not based in Bradford. "You can bring Black people there, but do they know the culture of Bradford?" "Do they know what is meant to believe in Bradford?" Copyright ©️ BBC |