The great-granddaughter of the “Black pastor of Peckham” is sharing her family archive with the public in an exhibition spanning three generations.

The Black Cultural Archives (BCA) in Brixton will host African Deeds from 23rd August to 8th September.

The exhibition traces the Brem-Wilson family's history, beginning with Thomas Brem-Wilson, who founded the UK’s first Pentecostal Church in the early 1900s and later faced imprisonment in Brixton.

It also highlights his son Philip, who ignited the 1950s Bingo boom in South London, and his granddaughter Nina, who returned to Ghana in the 1980s to explore her family’s roots.

Mandy Parker-Sharp, the last surviving member of the Brem-Wilson family and curator of the exhibition told London News Online: “When my mum passed away in 2021, I inherited the archive she created. This exhibition is a tribute to her, and I’m carrying on the baton of our family history to the next generation.”

Parker-Sharp added, “These stories haven’t been heard before. It paints a truly comprehensive picture of the Black presence in Britain.

 “I hope this exhibition creates something new out of their lives that people of South London can connect with.”

The collection includes diaries, interviews, photos, and documents, and sheds light on pre-Windrush immigration.