Habeeb Akande, author of Illuminating the Darkness at the NUS Black Students’ Winter Conference 2012 at Saturday 1st December 2012 at London Southbank University. The NUS Black Students’ Winter Conference is a two-day training event for all African, Arab, Asian and Caribbean students in colleges and universities across Britain. The agenda includes workshops on organising successful clubs and societies, winning Black representation in your union, running anti-racist events and other progressive campaigns. Confirmed speakers include: Diane Abbott MP, Claude Moraes MEP, Mayor Lutfur Rahman, Ava Vidal (award-winning comedian), Lee Jasper (Black Activists Rising Against Cuts), Peter Herbert (Chair of Society of Black Lawyers), Sabby Dhalu (Unite Against Fascism), Cllr Rania Khan, Azad Ali (ENGAGE), Wilf Sullivan (Race Equality Officer, TUC), Kofi Klu (PANAFRIINDABA), Rania Khalil (Palestinian student from Gaza), Samira Musa (spoken word artist), Bev Miller (UNISON National Black Members Committee), Shanta Driver (Movement For Justice), Matilda McAttram (Black Mental Health UK) + speakers from Stop the War. Chairperson for preliminary session: Malia Bouattia, National Executive Council – Black Students wwww.facebook.com/illuminatingthedarkness Book available from; www.amazon.co.uk