Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Chapter One - De street weh dem seh pave wid gold Chapter Two - The Black 70s Chapter Three - Rasta This and Dreadlocks That Chapter Four - Leggo de Pen Chapter Five - Africa: The Call of the Continent Chapter Six - Fyah! Chapter Seven – Picture on the Wall Chapter Eight - Failing the Cricket Test Chapter Nine – Conclusion - (Dawning of a) New Era

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A fascinating story of extraordinary artists who have frequently been overlooked or ignored in dominant histories of British art and culture of the 20th century.

About the Author

Eddie Chambers is a Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches art history of the African Diaspora. Born in Britain to Jamaican immigrant parents, he spent the early 1980s working with a new generation of Black British artists. He is the author of Black Artists in British Art: A History Since the 1950s (I.B.Tauris, 2014).