This episode was recorded at Central Library courtesy of Liverpool Libraries and Archives, with mothers Azena, Austela, Ediri, Chanttal and Tish who are members of Collective Encounters’ Black Maternal Health Group in Liverpool. They were joined by Andrea & Claire from Liverpool John Moores University to discuss Liverpool's Community Health Archives. This episode has been released as part of Liverpool's Black History Month, 2026.

Hosted by a Liverpool-based Black Maternal Health Peer Support Group, Mother Wit is a place to talk about Afro-descendent cultural practices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting.

This is a collaborative project between Liverpool John Moores University, Collective Encounters, Liverpool Women’s Hospital and community partners exploring black maternal health, history and lived experience. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Mothers Azena and Austela, who are part of Collective Encounters’ Black Maternal Health Group in Liverpool, share their current fears and joys about motherhood. The women also share details about their birth stories and discuss what it’s like to be single parents.

This episode is released as part of the Motherhood Group Black Maternal Mental Health Campaign Week.

https://themotherhoodgroup.org/black-maternal-mental-health-week-uk/

Hosted by a Liverpool-based Black Maternal Health Peer Support Group, Mother Wit is a place to talk about Afro-descendent cultural practices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting.

This is a collaborative project between Liverpool John Moores University, Collective Encounters, Liverpool Women’s Hospital and community partners exploring Black maternal health, history and lived experience. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.