Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture

“Fifteen years ago, we didn’t care, or at least I didn’t care, whether there was any black in the Union Jack. Now not only do we care, we must”. So states Stuart Hall in an opening quote to the Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. The representation and interaction of black culture in Britain are constantly changing, but the last 30 years have seen more of a “collective identity” emerge and, with that, a greater awareness of how “black” Britain (African, Caribbean and South Asian perspectives feature in the book) is influencing, and being influenced by, contemporary culture. The...