Activist, author, researcher and lecturer. Wrote '40 Years of the Notting Hill Carnival'.
"The People’s War Carnival Band was created by Michael and Keith La Rose, whose father, John, founded the UK’s first Black bookshop, New Beacon Books. A description of the band, written by Michael La Rose, states that it ‘prides itself on its satirical and commentative themes. People’s War Carnival Band is a masquerade band that “Says Something”. The band believes in making a statement, in making Radical Mas.’ This radicalism was reflected in the name the La Rose brothers chose for the band. The phrase ‘People’s War’ referenced a poster supporting fighters in the war against Portuguese colonialists in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea Buissau, showcasing their Pan-African approach to Black liberation.... Michael La Rose noted that the band produced masquerade with a view to educating, informing and challenging both masqueraders and spectators."
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