TigerBay & the World

Find out more about the unique history of Butetown, Cardiff, on our friendly Facebook page ~

[TigerBay & the World @TigerBayWorld]

As a #charity we're always looking 4 #funding 🙏🏽 #corporate #sponsorship from a #Cardiff #business would be 💥 but we need all the help we can get!

Pls check out #GIVEASYOULIVE 👇🏽& help keep the #Tiger & the #heritage of the Bay alive & kicking!
🌎⚓️🌍
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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

A member of the Harlem Hellfighters, which were an all-Black infantry unit in WWI (1914-1918) who spent more time in combat than any previous other American unit.

[Museum of Cardiff | Amgueddfa Caerdydd @TheCardiffStory]

Arddangosfa newydd - Jack Sullivan: Artist y Dociau

Rydym yn falch o gynnal arddangosfa ddiweddaraf TigerBay & the World, sy'n arddangos paentiadau Jack Sullivan, heddwas ac artist, sy'n darlunio bywyd y Dociau yn y 1940au a'r 80au.

📅10/11/25-07/03/26
🔗https://t.co/cvuAmauOxK

[Museum of Cardiff | Amgueddfa Caerdydd @TheCardiffStory]

Jack Sullivan: A Docklands Artist

We are delighted to host Tiger Bay & the World’s latest exhibition, showcasing paintings by Jack Sullivan, a police officer and artist, depicting Dockland life in the 1940s and 80s.

📅Opens 10th Nov 2025 - 7th Mar 2026
🔗https://t.co/ycssIlPiK8

[TigerBay & the World @TigerBayWorld]

@CedwynAled Diolch!

[TigerBay & the World @TigerBayWorld]

Gaynor Legall received her CBE today! We are beyond proud ❤️

#TigerBay

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Henrietta Smith Bowers Duterte was the first female undertaker in the United States. She Used Coffins to Help Free Enslaved People.

—Henrietta was born free in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1817. One of 13 children, she went on to become the first practicing female mortician in the United States, if not in the entire world. As many African American women did in her day, Duterte worked as her husband's partner, ensuring that the business would survive were he to die before his time. As it turned out, Henrietta — who married Haitian-born coffin maker Francis Duterte when she was 35 — assumed complete control over their mortuary business just six years after their marriage and upon Francis' untimely death. Like her husband, Henrietta worked to abolish slavery. She became an agent of the Underground Railroad, often hiding runways in coffins or disguising them as part of funeral processions to ensure their safe passage. She also supported the AME Church of St. Thomas by raising funds to pay the pastor’s salary, and helped create the Freedman's Aid Society Fair to assist formerly enslaved people in Tennessee. By the time of her own death in 1903, her company had become one the city's most successful African American businesses.

[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré has announced a bold plan to unite the African continent under one system.

He said he wants to create United States of Africa, where all African countries will come together as one.

In his plan, there will be one government system, one currency Afro Money, and one African passport.

All Africans will be able to freely travel without visas.

He also said the wealth of Africa should be shared equally among all countries, so no one is left behind.

[TigerBay & the World @TigerBayWorld]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Tiger Bay FC @TigerBay2018]

Huge congratulations to our newly qualified referees! 👏⚽ A total of 12 newly qualified referees in the system, nine of which being just 14 years old.

This is a big step in deepening their understanding of the game and helping elevate the standards at our club 🐯📈

#OurGame 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Oseola McCarty was a Mississippi philanthropist who donated most of her life savings, $150,000, to the University of Southern Mississippi to provide scholarships for African American students in need.

A seamstress and washerwoman who was paid mostly in dollar bills and loose change her entire life, McCarty was praised for her generosity and received many awards, including an honorary degree from the university. McCarty was born on March 7, 1908, in Shubuta, Mississippi.

McCarty was born on March 7, 1908, in Shubuta, Mississippi. She was raised in nearby Hattiesburg by her aunt and grandmother, both of whom cleaned houses, cooked, and took in washing to make money. McCarty quit school in the sixth grade in order to care for her ailing aunt, and she took over the domestic work that she would do for the rest of her life. McCarty, who never married and had no children, lived frugally in a house without air conditioning. She never had a car or learned to drive, so she walked everywhere, including the grocery store that was one mile from her home. Her thriftiness would become legendary: she cut the toes out of shoes that did not fit right, and she bound her well-worn Bible with Scotch tape.
When she was eight years old, McCarty opened a savings account at a bank in Hattiesburg and began depositing the coins she earned from her laundry work. She would eventually open accounts in several local banks. By the time McCarty retired at age 86, her hands crippled by arthritis, she had saved $280,000. She set aside a pension for herself to live on, a donation to her church, and small inheritances for three of her relatives. The remainder—$150,000—she donated to the University of Southern Mississippi, a school that had remained all-white until the 1960s. McCarty stipulated that her gift be used for scholarships for Black students from southern Mississippi who otherwise would not be able to enroll in college due to financial hardship. Business leaders in Hattiesburg matched her bequest and hundreds of additional donations poured in from around the country, bringing the total endowment to nearly half a million dollars.
The first beneficiary of McCarty’s largesse was Stephanie Bullock, an 18-year-old honors student from Hattiesburg, who received a $1,000 scholarship. Bullock subsequently visited McCarty regularly and drove her around town on errands.
In 1998 the University of Southern Mississippi awarded McCarty an honorary degree. She received an honorary doctorate from Harvard University, and President Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian award.
Oseola McCarty died of liver cancer on September 26, 1999, at the age of 91. In 2019 McCarty’s home was moved to Hattiesburg’s Sixth Street Museum District and turned into a museum.

[Jon Pountney @JonPountney1]

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT

To me, and I'm sure to my followers

SAVE CAPEL RHONDDA

Capel Rhondda is where 'Cwm Rhondda' (which you might know as 'Bread of Heaven') was sung for the first time in November 1907

https://t.co/PmkZ0MsQvl

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

These black kids have the highest IQs in the world.

[BlackHistoryStudies @BlkHistStudies]

Happy Birthday Maggie Lena Walker (15 July 1864 – 15 December 1934) the first Black woman (in fact woman of any race) in the US to charter a #Bank. She pooled her community’s money to form St. Luke Perry Savings Bank. ❤️💚🖤 #BlackHistory #MaggieLWalker #KnowYourStory

[Professor Benjamin Zephaniah @BZephaniah]

📚 The Life and Rhyme of Benjamin Zephaniah ✊🏾
A journey through rhythm, rebellion, and radical truth.
Poet. Prophet. People’s voice.
His words still echo. His mission lives on.

[TigerBay & the World @TigerBayWorld]

@KarlKrugerWill1 Great pic! You look so happy, cuz!

[Cardiff Bay Warriors ⚔️ @WarriorsCardiff]

Warriors on tour🚌🤣

We have been drawn against welsh league outfits @BreconCorriesFC in the #JDWelshCup

Nice little day out for the boys and looking forward to visiting Brecon’s ground for the first time🤝🏾⚔️

#Warriors #AwayDays

[BlackHistoryStudies @BlkHistStudies]

Did you know that #JohnHolt released more than 40 albums? Holt recorded his first single, I Cried A Tear in 1963, when he was just 16. His first album with The Paragons, On The Beach, was released in 1967, while his last album, Peacemaker, was released in 1993.

[Black History Month 2026 @bhmuk]

Black Creatives Social takes place on Wednesday 30 July at Manchester Museum — an evening of music, networking, and conversations on self-care, designed for Black creatives across the city. #ManchesterEvents #blackhistory #BlackHistoryMonth

[Aleighcia Scott @AleighciaSings]

As I leave Switzerland, I can say that I’ve never been prouder to be Welsh - to be a Welsh Woman.

Seeing #TîmCymru play this week has been amazing and I want to be at every game possible from now on!

Inspiring a nation and generations and more to come! #CymruAmByth #FelMerch ❤️

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

This young man namely Fousseynou saved the life of an entire family of Six on the Sixth floor of a building in Paris, France. 🇫🇷 He deserves a national award.