Beyond The Bassline: Celebrating 500 years of Black British Music.

Beyond the Bassline is both a celebration and a starting point, spotlighting the rich legacy of African and Caribbean influences in British music. Yet, this is just the beginning. There's much more to uncover in our ongoing quest to understand and honour the depth of Black British music's impact, on British musical heritage. (Mykaell Riley (Exhibition Curator and Director of the Black British Music Research Unit and former member of Steel Pulse).

Updated June 28, 2024
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Too much too young : the 2 Tone Records story : rude boys, racism and the soundtrack of a generation
Rachel, Daniel
Paper Book
The definitive and remarkable story of 2 Tone Records, featuring an introduction by Pauline Black  --A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year --An Uncut Book of the Year --Long-Listed for the Penderyn Music Book Prize --A Louder Than...
The Usborne first thousand words in French : with easy pronunciation guide
Amery, Heather
Paper Book
This book has large pictures for looking and talking, surrounded by small, labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things, to build up and practice French vo cabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wit h pronunciation guides. '
Propa propaganda
Zephaniah, Benjamin.
Paper Book
Propa Propaganda was Benjamin Zephaniah's second collection from Bloodaxe. First published in 1996, it includes some of his classic poems, such as 'I Have a Scheme', 'The Death of Joy Gardner', 'White Comedy' and 'The Angry Black Poet'. Best known for his performance poetry with a political edge for...
Black and British : a forgotten history
Olusoga, David
Paper Book
Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeWinner of the Longman History Today Trustees' AwardLonglisted for the Orwell PrizeShortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak PrizeA Waterstones History Book of the YearAn updated edition with new material of the acclaimed re-examination of a shared history,...
Black Tudors : the untold story
Kaufmann, Miranda
Paper Book
A new, transformative history - in Tudor times there were Black people living and working in Britain, and they were free 'This is history on the cutting edge of archival research, but accessibly written and alive with human details and warmth.' David Olusoga, author of Black and...
Dance with Oti : the Bird Jive
Mabuse, Oti
Paper Book
Slide to the right! Kick to the left! Join the class and learn the steps to the Bird Jive in this buoyant book by a winner of the top British TV dance show. It's time for Mrs. Oti's class, where everyone's about to learn a dance in ten easy steps! There are lots of children, and...
Girl, woman, other
Evaristo, Bernardine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE "A must-read about modern Britain and womanhood . . . An impressive, fierce novel about the lives of black British families, their struggles, pains, laughter, longings and loves . . . Her style is passionate, razor-sharp, brimming with...
Swing time
Smith, Zadie
Paper Book
"Smith's thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives." --O, The Oprah Magazine "A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith's] most ambitious work...

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