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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. Comedian Nina Wadia has worked in theater, radio and television. She has made guest appearances on several television shows, including Holby City and Vicar of Dibley. Daughter of a Nigerian mother and an English father, poet and musician Akure Wall grew up in Croydon, England. Formerly associated with the Urban Poets Society in London, Wall has developed a story-telling approach for her poetry performances, exploring political issues in terms of personal experience, like the search for black female role models.

This section presents a reference source on artists, scholars, associations, events and archives that had influenced black British cultural production from 1970 to 2001. Singer Helen Folsade Adu moved to Essex, England from Nigeria at the age of four. She studied fashion at Saint Martin's College in London, England and began her vocal career singing with the band Pride, while also was working as a fashion designer and model. She then moved on to lead the group Sade and have a series of recordings. The Saga Prize was created by Marsha Hunt in 1995 to further black British writing. It ran for four years. Entrants needed a black African ancestor and a birthplace in Great Britain or the Republic of Ireland when submitting their unpublished first novel. Gita Saghal was educated in both India and Britain, and made her first major career break as a presenter and researcher for Channel 4's current affairs program Banding File. She later moved into producing both television and film, and continued to work as a researcher. Sankofa Film Collective was one of a number of black independent film collectives and workshops that emerged in the country in the 1980s and whose existence was interwoven with the cultural politics of arts funding.

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. IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing is an anthology of commissioned work from writers of African descent based in Great Britain. Identity politics is an idea with wide currency, especially among gay and lesbian theorists, as well as those writing about race. Identity politics is predicated on the existence of a stable identity or an essence that provides a stable political platform, and as such it invests the private and the personal with macro-political significance. The Institute of Contemporary Arts was founded in 1947 as a cultural center dedicated to avant-garde exhibitions and films. Its support of black culture started in 1972. The foundation of the Institute of International Visual Arts was the result of a series of consultations by the Arts Council from 1990 onwards on the possibility of a visual arts organization that dealt with cultural diversity. It was founded as a limited company in 1993, and acquired permanent premises in 1995, with Stuart Hall as its chairman and Gilane Tawadros as its director.

This section presents a reference source on artists, scholars, associations, events and archives that had influenced black British cultural production from 1970 to 2001. Rotimi Fani-Kayode moved to England from Nigeria with his family in 1966. He became a pivotal figure in the history of British black visual art, being a founding member and chairperson of Autograph: The Association of Black Photographers when it formed in 1987. Since the arrival of British colonial subjects following the end of the Second World War, the design and creation of objects for the body has been, in the contemporary understanding of black British culture, an area of cultural definition and personal exploration. With reference to dress, black Britain is marked with an innate sense of self-presentation and idiosyncratic styling techniques, which has come to be one of the signatory features of counter and subcultural identities. A black music television program by Brighter Pictures productions, Flava is now on its fifth series with Channel 4. The series offers a mix of videos, entertainment news, studio guests and live studio performances, as well as video diaries of artists. From Two Worlds was one of the first exhibitions of black British visual artists to attempt to articulate a specific theme, rather than merely be a survey show. The theme chosen by the curators was that of cultural synthesis.

This section presents a reference source on artists, scholars, associations, events and archives that had influenced black British cultural production from 1970 to 2001. Born Louise Gabrielle Bobb, Gabrielle started singing for free in West End nightclubs, while temping during the day to make a living. She had dreamed of becoming a singer. Her first song, Dreams, was released as a demonstration but failed to make the Top 100. It was later re-released in 1993 and was entered in the Guinness Book of Hit Singles as the highest ever chart entry for a debut female act. Jamila Gavin wrote her first children's book entitled, The Magic Orange Tree and Other Stories, at the age of 38. Raised in India and Britain, she was aware of being excluded from stories and writes stories for children that are inclusive and reflect the multicultural society. Shani Grewal came to Great Britain as a child. He graduated from Harrow College with a degree in film and television studies in 1982. His short film, Vengeance, was shortlisted for Best Short Oscar in 1986. Grooverider is known for his skill as a disc jockey in the British jungle scene and has been intrinsic in discovering performers such as Goldie and LTJ Bukem, and giving them their first major forum through club nights in the early to mid-1990s.

This section presents a reference source on artists, scholars, associations, events and archives that had influenced black British cultural production from 1970 to 2001. Established in 1996 by Kadija George Sesay, Calabash is the only literary broadsheet serving writers and readers of African, Caribbean and Asian literature in Britain. It has become a valuable and inspirational instrument in the development of contemporary black British literature. The Camden Black Sisters was formed by Lee Kane and Yvonne Joseph during an Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent conference in 1979 and is still in active existence. The group continues to provide a library for black women who wants to explore black history, offers rooms for groups to meet, and arranges performing art workshops, conferences and seminars. Hazel V. Carby is professor of African and American Studies at Yale University. Working at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham in England, Carby published her influential essay entitled, White Women Listen! Black Feminism and the Boundaries of Sisterhood. The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham has played a role in institutionalizing, defining and shaping the projects of cultural studies in Britain since it was founded in 1964.