Face to face with the Black Madonna

Dr Melanie Landman, who is one of the Trustees of the Centre for Marian Studies, is an anthropologist with expertise in the history of Black Madonnas. In December 2023, she took part in an investigation of that topic as part of the "Things Unseen" podcast with Liz Adekunle.

Given the Christmas focus of the programme, we thought it was a good time to share the discussion with you in case you missed it when it was first broadcast. Here is the link:

https://www.thingsunseen.co.uk/podcasts/face-to-face-with-the-black-madonna/

If you would like to know more about the subject, you can read Melanie's doctoral thesis via the University of Roehampton website: https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/445689/Melanie_Landman_PhD_11_Jan_2013.pdf

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*St Mary, Neasden Lane, Church End - Statue by John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

**Cardofk, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons