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This section presents a reference source on artists, scholars, associations, events and archives that had influenced black British cultural production from 1970 to 2001. Artist Mowbray Odonkor is known for paintings and drawings depicting self-portraits that concern judgment, hybridity and undefinable nationalities. In her imagery found the second generation familiarizing themselves with British culture while processing the legacy of slavery, imperialism, colonialism and apartheid. Ben Okri was educated in Nigeria and England, where he took a degree in comparative literature at Essex University. Between 1981 and 1987, he was poetry editor for the journal West Africa, and, in 1984, became a broadcaster for the BBC World Service. Bruce Oldfield studied fashion at Saint Martin's School of Art in London, England and began to work on a freelance basis immediately after leaving college in 1973, designing for companies such as Yves Saint Laurent, Liberty and Henri Bendel. The son of a Jamaican boxer and a white Londoner, his childhood was spent in a number of locations including a children's home in London. In 1975, he received a grant from the home that enabled him to build his own London-based fashion house, Bruce Oldfield Ltd.

This section presents a reference source on artists, scholars, associations, events and archives that had influenced black British cultural production from 1970 to 2001. Journalist Trevor McDonald had the dubious claim to fame of being one of the few prominent black figures in British cultural life to be featured in the satirical puppet show Spitting Image. The Mad Professor is a successful independent black record producer in Great Britain. His Ariwa record label, which has been in business for over 20 years, has over 200 releases, many of which have reached the number one spot in various countries worldwide. The Man Mela Theatre Co. was created in 1993 in order to celebrate the British Asian experience through dramatic productions and workshops inspired by the poetry and prose of the Indian subcontinent. Mango Publishing is a small press founded in 1995 by Joan Anim-Addo. It specializes in the Caribbean voice, with a particular focus on Caribbean women's writing. A co-founder of Sankofa Film Collective in 1984, Nadine Marsh-Edwards has been a pivotal force in developing a black British cinema from the workshops through to the international sphere. Working variously as an editor, production manager, producer and executive producer on classic films, Marsh-Edwards' collaborations with emerging black directors have cemented her role as a leading black female producer in Great Britain.

This section presents a reference source on artists, scholars, associations, events and archives that had influenced black British cultural production from 1970 to 2001. Heralded as one of the true pioneers of black music in Great Britain, since the mid-1970s the name Jah Shaka has become synonymous with Rastafarian roots music. After learning the business on a local sound system, Shaka left to create his own sound, which has now acquired legendary status. Born Romeo Beresford, Jazzie B was the catalyst in taking underground black British culture and integrating it into the mainstream through his company Soul II Soul. Founded in 1982 by Jazzie B and Philip Harvey, Soul II Soul was initially a sound system, but it became an empire. Jazzie B signed Soul II Soul, the recording group and label, to Virgin Records and enjoyed massive club success. Shobana Jeyasingh established the Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Co. in 1989 as an all-female British Indian company. A mass-merchant fashion company established in 1986, the Joe Bloggs brand is the creation of entrepreneur Shami Ahmed, a Pakistani who came to Britain in 1964. Joi came into being as Joi Bangla, an organization dedicated to promoting aspects of Bengali and South Asian cultures in the mid-1980s.