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Sunny Lambe Oral History Recording

An excerpt of an oral history interview with Sunny Lambe. Sunny describes how sport has helped him 'navigate my life through challenges', and thus how he views sport as a major benefit to people's lives.

A photograph of Sunny Lambe in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1986

Sunny Lambe describes how he began playing - and fell in love with - football in Nigeria, and his footballing exploits in the parks of south London, where he acquired the nickname 'African Boy'. An excerpt of an oral history recording with Sunny.

A photograph of Russell Profitt MBE, in c. 1968. Not only was Russell the first black President of Goldsmiths Students' Union (1968-9), he was also one of the UK’s first BAME SU Officers.

An excerpt of an oral history interview with Russell Profitt MBE. Russell discusses the various sports he enjoyed as a boy in colonial Guiana in the late 1950s/early 1960s, and the social stratification that excluded him from others.

Rusell Profitt speaks about being a black football fan in London in the 1960s and '70s, sneaking into matches with his friends, supporting Tottenham Hotspur, and memories of '66.

A four-part oral history interview with Russell Profitt MBE, covering his life and work.

A photograph of Emile Allen, taken in 2019

Emile Allen Oral History Recording