A bridge to the past

What do you know about the transatlantic slave trade? It is a huge piece of British history that many people don’t seem to really understand, and that has to change.

A new project, The World Reimagined, aims to set the record straight about ‘the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, and its impact on all of us’. Founded by Dennis Marcus and actor-singer Michelle Gayle, the initiative uses art to communicate its message: it is installing more than 100 globes throughout the country, each bearing the commentary of artists and creatives both on the slave trade, as well as their past, present and future relationships with Britain.

The aim is to create a baseline of knowledge about the transatlantic slave trade in the UK. Although this historical event intersects with the family histories of many