St Pauls Carnival 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807. Carnival returned in 2007 improving its diversity and popularity, with a reported 70,000 people attending in 2008. In 2018 the festival had the support of Arts Council England and Bristol City Council. Records of the St Paul's Afrikan-Caribbean Carnival and Arts Association, including administrative and financial records, marketing material, posters and photographs dating from 1970s-2007, are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 43739) (online catalogue). St Pauls Carnival St Pauls Carnival is an annual African Caribbean carnival held, usually on the first Saturday of July, in St Pauls, Bristol. The
Kano 1980 riot the "Jeune Afrique" ran a front page story "La Honte (The Shame)", saying the situation was "an act of barbarism unparalled in the world" while Ghana newspaper "Ghanaian Times" said it was an "electoral gimmick" by the National Party of Nigeria-controlled government to deflect attention from its failures so it could win the 1983 election and also said the illegal alien expulsion was "create mass hysteria bby infiltrating Sudan-trained mercenaries into Ghana to subvert the Ghanaian Government". Ghanaian politician Jerry Rawlings said it was a "calculated plot" against the Ghanaian government. Kano 1980 riot The Kano 1980 riot was a