Following the huge success of Say It Loud, MTV Base's first Black History Month campaign in October 2005, we are recognising that black history resonates with all of us by going deeper with our coverage this year.
We asked some of our viewers to commentate and celebrate black British icons in a variety of fields from sport, music, TV, politics the arts, and comment separately on International icons. We've brought these opinions together on MTV Base with the help of narrators in the form of some of the UKs finest upcoming MCs - Baby Blue, Loudmouth, No-Lay, Pyrelli, Scorcher and Wretch 32. Many thanks to them and the rest of the contributors for making this project a huge success.
The channel will be taken over for a month by this campaign and will include some specialist programming and music hours giving you an insight into some great black music of historical importance. We’ve even had some love from the MTV Base Africa team who made a fascinating piece commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Soweto uprising in South Africa.
We've covered just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Black History and hopefully in years to come we'll be able to take on board the feedback we receive and investigate other ways to celebrate this month.
