Pearl Connor-Mogotsi, née Nunez, was a Trinidadian-born theatrical and literary agent, actress and cultural activist, who was a pioneering campaigner for the recognition and promotion of African Ca...
Person, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Theatre, Caribbean Islands
Cricketer and politician. Born Learie Nicholas Constantine at Petit Valley, Diego Martin, near Maraval, Trinidad. As a cricketer, he toured England with the West Indies team in the 1920s and was ev...
Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. Lloyd Coxsone (Blackford) is a Jamaican born music producer, record label and sound system owner who settled in south west London in 1962. He was i...
Frank Gilbert Crichlow was a human rights campaigner, community organiser and restauranteur.  Born Trinidad, brother of Victor Critchlow. Came to England in June 1953. Founded Mangrove Restaurant....
Person, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Caribbean Islands
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. In the 1960s moved to Britain from Trinidad and became a psychiatric nurse in Kent. Married and moved to London, where she worked as a community re...
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Caribbean Islands
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. The Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) left Trinidad in July 1951 to take part in the Festival of Britain. Davidson was one of the 11 ...
Social reformer, writer and statesman. Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, probably in his grandmother's shack in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery and became an agent of the ...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA
A Haitian Kreyòl term meaning 'rebel women'. It is a project sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust and the Institute of Black Research at the University of Central Lancashire. Its aim is to research th...
In the early days of the Notting Hill Carnival being held on the streets Faustine led a band of masqueraders. From Dominica. Source: Notting Hill Carnival 2020.
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Caribbean Islands
Poet, writer, artist and gardener. Born in the Bahamas to Scottish parents and brought up in Scotland. Studied at Glasgow School of Art. Combined his interests by installing concrete poetry in his ...
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