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Escaping Babylon : an intimate history of Black British music

Bernard, Jesse2026
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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 and find freedom and joy in sound. From the height of jungle and hip-hop in the 90s to the London uprisings in 2011, the birth of UK trap and the rise of grime superstars like Stormzy, filmmaker and DJ Jesse Bernard examines how Black culture in Britain is moulded by creativity drawn from Lagos and Los Angeles, Sao Paolo and South London. 'Escaping Babylon' takes a deep dive into the history of Black British music to celebrate its richness, heritage and towering legacy.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2026.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781788169356 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
780.899604780.8996041780.899 BERN780.899604 BER780.8996780.8996 BAR
Language:
English
BRN:
9098334
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