Escaping Babylon: An Intimate History of Black British Music
The Africa Centre is proud to present the book launch of ‘Escaping Babylon: An Intimate History of Black British Music’ by Jesse Bernard, a London-based journalist, DJ and filmmaker. With this first book, Jesse explores how thirty years of Black music reshaped Britain, from 1989 to the present day. Shapeshifting, collaborative, endlessly inventive and robustly empowering: Black music has transformed British culture and society, and gifted generations of Black Britons a powerful means to reject misrepresentation, find freedom, and express joy through sound. From the height of jungle and hip-hop in the 90s, to the London uprisings in 2011, to the birth of UK trap and the rise of grime superstars, Jesse Bernard expertly examines how Black culture in Britain is moulded by creativity drawn from across the world. from Lagos to Los Angeles, Sao Paolo to South London. ‘Escaping Babylon’ dives into the history of Black British music to celebrate its rich heritage an...
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The Africa Centre is proud to present the book launch of ‘Escaping Babylon: An Intimate History of Black British Music’ by Jesse Bernard, a London-based journalist, DJ and filmmaker.
With this first book, Jesse explores how thirty years of Black music reshaped Britain, from 1989 to the present day. Shapeshifting, collaborative, endlessly inventive and robustly empowering: Black music has transformed British culture and society, and gifted generations of Black Britons a powerful means to reject misrepresentation, find freedom, and express joy through sound. From the height of jungle and hip-hop in the 90s, to the London uprisings in 2011, to the birth of UK trap and the rise of grime superstars, Jesse Bernard expertly examines how Black culture in Britain is moulded by creativity drawn from across the world. from Lagos to Los Angeles, Sao Paolo to South London. ‘Escaping Babylon’ dives into the history of Black British music to celebrate its rich heritage an...
