ATCAL
Association for the Teaching of Caribbean, African, Asian and Associated Literatures
Organisation campaigning for diversification of British education syllabus
The Association for the Teaching of Caribbean, African, Asian and Associated Literatures, or ATCAL, was founded with the aim of familiarizing British teachers with the range of "Black" writing that was available for school use.[1] In the 1980s ATCAL was a pressure group that played a key part in "the gradual process of expanding syllabuses in British schools, to include subjects such as contemporary black writing into the National Curriculum."[2] ATCAL held annual conferences, compiled booklists for schools, and held meetings and workshops in order "to increase awareness of the importance of cultural diversity in British society in education at all levels".[3]