About Claudine Boothe

Claudine Boothe is passionate about Africa/n-centred history, politics and creativity. She pioneered an Academic and industrial “contextual decolonial discourse”, which promotes Africa-centric perspectives on global affairs. This continues to inspire a post George Floyd media and academic ‘Diversity Ethos’, particularly in Britain, where she resides.

Her graduation drama documentary film ‘No virginity, No Nationality’, about virginity tests, done on South Asian girls, by Britain’s Home Office, in the 60s/70s; is one of only two known audio-visual resource on this very controversial practise. Consequently, the film is highly prized by the British Film Institute, and by Britain’s South Asian Communities. It is also a popular resource for graduate research students. The film can be viewed here:  player.bfi.org.uk if you live in Britain.

Boothe’s first independent documentary ‘Skin and Coal’; about coal mine workers of African descent employed in Britain’s now closed Coal Mining industry, is listed and used as educational material by the University of Nottingham, England. The documentary is also frequently sourced by academic researchers, as the only known audio visual record of Caribbean people’s presence in this historic British industry.

Her two part Television programme on, the African History of Sport, is now being streamed on: https://kushcinema.com; Britain’s pioneering Black Edutainment Streamer platform.