Scratchylus and Empress Reggae: Resetting Mindsets
BHM met Scratchylus and fellow performer Empress Reggae ahead of the release of their upcoming album, Changes. BHM:…
Music & Entertainers
Blacticulate Interview
So tell us about yourself, Ade. Well I am a Digital Marketer that has done a lot of…
Dele Aro and Amacoast Cinema
The story of Amacoast begins 8 years ago whilst its creator, Dele Aro is still in University studying…
British Soul Queen and Star of Memphis the Musical: Beverley Knight
She has sold over a million albums in the UK along the way, including four gold certified albums….
Call Tayo Aluko
Who is Tayo Aluko and how long have you been acting? I describe myself as a 53-year-old Nigerian…
George Lamming: Barbadian and Caribbean Literary Icon
Three books are prominently displayed on his desk: William Shakespeare’s Othello, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth;…
Covering: Notting Hill Carnival
Instead, Notting Hill Carnival has become a gem in our social calendar because it has become our nations…
Keith Musaman Morton: Steelpan Evolutionist
I met with such an achiever, Keith Musaman Morton, producer of the film; Panomundo Part 1: The Evolution…
Bunny Neill: The First African Caribbean Member of the Inner Magic Circle
Bunny was born in Jamaica on 25 October 1933 and developed an interest in magic at an early…
The Golden Girl Dame Shirley Bassey
Born in January 1937 in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, Dame Shirley Bassey was the youngest of seven children….
Ira Aldridge (1807 – 1867) Famous 19th century black Shakespearean actor
He is the only actor of African-American descent among the 33 actors of the English stage honored with…
Andy Hamilton Saxophonist, composer and bandleader
In 1949, the Jamaican tenor saxophonist Andy Hamilton, faced a dilemma. As a musician he had reached the…
WATCH: The Bob Marley Story (2001) by Jeremy Marre
Marley was a symbol of human rights that, through his music, decried the injustices of all people and…
London’s Janet Kay was the first black female artist to have a reggae Number 1 in the UK
Janet Kay, was born Janet Kay Bogle (the first of 6 children) in London to Jamaican parents, Clifton…
WATCH: Dame Cleo Laine
Cleo Laine was born Clementina Dinah Campbell in Southall, Middlesex, to Alexander Campbell, a black Jamaican father, and…
Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley
Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He…
