Roots & Culture

Eddie Chambers is Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He has been writing about African Diaspora and Black British art practices for several decades and his scholarship includes Black Artists in British Art (I. B. Tauris, 2014) and Roots & Culture: Cultural Politics in the Making of Black Britain (I. B. Tauris, 2016).

• ForewordIntroductionChapter One - De street weh dem seh pave wid goldChapter Two - The Black 70sChapter Three - Rasta This and Dreadlocks ThatChapter Four - Leggo de PenChapter Five - Africa: The Call of the ContinentChapter Six - Fyah! Chapter Seven – Picture on the WallChapter Eight - Failing the Cricket TestChapter Nine – Conclusion - (Dawning of a) New Era