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Pauline Black in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi: A 2-Tone Story

A new documentary paints a fascinating portrait of the pioneering singer and author Pauline Black who, with the band The Selecter, was central in the late 1970s to the rise of 2-tone music and the revival of Ska. The film was released earlier this year and she talked with Gabriel Gbadamosi about her career and bearing witness to historical and contemporary British racial politics.
25th December, 2024
'I'm a mashup of a white Jewish mother who lived in Dagenham and a Nigerian father.'
Gabriel Gbadamosi

Gabriel Gbadamosi

Gabriel Gbadamosi is a poet, playwright, essayist and critic.

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