A series that recognises and celebrates Black pioneers across the British creative industries.
Series 1 - Black pioneers in British radio broadcasting from the 1920s-1990s.
It tells the story of the often neglected voices of Black Britain who served their communities whose culture, tastes and interests were not being catered for by the mainstream such as pirate radio stations like DBC and LWR, which inspired the creation of Black-owned licensed radio stations like WNK and Choice FM. It also looks at the pioneering Black voices on the radio from the 1920s and throughout the Second World War.
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A series that recognises and celebrates Black pioneers across the British creative industries.
Series 1 - Black pioneers in British radio broadcasting from the 1920s-1990s.
It tells the story of the often neglected voices of Black Britain who served their communities whose culture, tastes and interests were not being catered for by the mainstream such as pirate radio stations like DBC and LWR, which inspired the creation of Black-owned licensed radio stations like WNK and Choice FM. It also looks at the pioneering Black voices on the radio from the 1920s and throughout the Second World War.
In this episode, Ayesha speaks to Lloyd Bradley a journalist, writer and black music expert about the influence of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra, Stephen Bourne a cultural historian specialising in the Black presence in Britain, about Black women vocalists on BBC radio and Uchenna Ngwe an oboist and PhD researcher, exploring the musical histories of Black Caribbean and African classical musicians and composers in Britain.
You can view the online exhibition for this series at www.thevoicesofblackbritain.weebly.com
The Voices of Black Britain
A series that recognises and celebrates Black pioneers across the British creative industries.
Series 1 - Black pioneers in British radio broadcasting from the 1920s-1990s.
It tells the story of the often neglected voices of Black Britain who served their communities whose culture, tastes and interests were not being catered for by the mainstream such as pirate radio stations like DBC and LWR, which inspired the creation of Black-owned licensed radio stations like WNK and Choice FM. It also looks at the pioneering Black voices on the radio from the 1920s and throughout the Second World War.
