Jefny Ashcroft with artist Joy Baines – Nurse Brown from Jamaica

Sat, 1 February 2020 13:00 – 13:30

This event is part of Wolverhampton Literature Festival

About this Event

She is a mystery: who is the young black woman in this 1956 portrait? Is her striking gesture a sign she was a Rastafarian? Is she still alive today?

Jefny Ashcroft’s talk is interactive, seeking your views on a picture that, created in the Windrush era, is fast becoming iconic.