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Taj Ali in Conversation: Come What May, We're Here to Stay
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Taj Ali in Conversation: Come What May, We're Here to Stay

Wed 30 Sept · 18:00

Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library

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About This Event

Taj Ali will speak in the Carpenter Room at Sheffield Central Library on 30 September 2026. The conversation explores the history of British South Asian activism and related themes of identity and social justice. Admission is free.

Join Taj Ali to explore the hidden history of British South Asian activism, identity, belonging and social justice.

British South Asians have a long tradition of radical political activism. The 1970s and 1980s saw the community grappling with prejudice in the workplace and violence in the streets. But this history is deeper than you might think.

In Come what may, we're here to stay, Taj Ali reveals how successive generations fought for rights, dignity and a sense of belonging while actively shaping the country they now call home.

Come what may, we're here to stay asks: are we doomed to repeat the past or will we learn from our mistakes and build a better world together?

Taj Ali will be in conversation with Mukhtar Dar.

La Biblioteka will be selling copies of Come What May, We're Here to Stay at this event.

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Taj Ali in Conversation: Come What May, We're Here to Stay takes place on Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at 18:00.

Taj Ali in Conversation: Come What May, We're Here to Stay is held at Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library in Sheffield (Surrey Street, Sheffield City Centre, S1 1XZ).

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