Born in 1953, Shakespeare grew up in Kingston in a musician family. He began learning acoustic guitar as a young child, before playing bass after being tutored by Aston “Family Man” Barrett. Shakespeare formed Sly and Robbie with Sly Dunbar during the mid ’70s. Following their work on Mighty Diamonds’ 1976 album Right Time, the pair …
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Ross brings together 20 classic and contemporary writers for this excellent primer on Black sci-fi writing, with stories ranging from the pensive to the action-packed. The thought-provoking foreword by Temi Oh, who also contributes the emotionally charged short story “Almost Too Good to Be True,” and scholarly but accessible introduction from Sandra M. Grayson, set …
TILBURY BRIDGE WALKWAY OF MEMORIES ARTWORK VANDALISEDwww.evewrightarts.orgAll Images credit ; © EVEWRIGHT. Tilbury Bridge Walkway of Memories. All rights reserved 2021.Creating spaces for Black British Stories Tilbury Bridge Walkway of Memories – Artwork Vandalised Tilbury Bridge Walkway of Memories is an art and sound installation on display at Tilbury Port Essex. The installation takes over one of the …
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Free exhibition entry with every ticket to the cinema or theatre. – click for more info. 7 July – 26 September 2021While War Inna Babylon was originally scheduled to open in May 2020 – the delay due to Covid-19 – has inadvertently made this the most timely exhibition it could possibly be. In light of events over …
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Legendary Poet and Reggae artist Linton Kwesi Johnson to be awarded honorary doctorate from The University of West Indies. The Voice Biography Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in 1952 in Chapelton, Jamaica. He moved to London in 1963 to be with his mother and went on to read Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. …
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UPDATED, March 16, 2021: After being announced as the jury president for the 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival back in January 2020, an event that was then cancelled in light of the growing coronavirus pandemic, Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee will get his chance to preside over the storied festival. Cannes has today announced that Lee will now preside over the 74th …
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