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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.