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-I don't have it in my diary to say yeah,
that today is Black History Month or this month
I got to do this and this and that.
Because within my community I don't think we get represented.
-I think Black History Month does sort of cater more,
I would suggest, to sort of the people of, you know,
Afro-Caribbean heritage and the Windrush Generation.
-When I hear the word Black History Month,
I don't think that my community is part of it.
-We contributed as much as any other community has.
More positive projects within Black History Month,
like, could maybe highlight what the Somalian community
have done for this country.
-My cultural history is very important.
Because we grew up and lived in London,
we sort of neglected that part.
It's important to know the history and the culture.
So that therefore you can maintain your identity.
-I don't think I feel a sense of a loss of identity as a British
Somali at all.
I think there's a very strong sense of community
and a very, very strong sense of identity.
There's no doubt about it.
It's just that it's largely hidden
from the wider area of being included
as being Black British.
-When there's a lot of positive stuff about black people,
some people tend to say, "Oh Somalis
are not part of black people."
-We're all black.
But there's a huge amount of which,
I think the terms of what black Britain means has expanded
has become so wide.
-When negative parts of black people come up,
yeah, Somalis are brought back into the black culture.
-I think there's a challenge for Black History Month
to really begin to define what those changes are.
-It's not promoted enough to say that Somalia is part of black
and, therefore, should be included in Black History
Month.
-There's a lot of ignorance around these laws.
-Somalia is part of Africa.
Most Africans are considered black and we're black.
-Representation is the key.