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Michael Abbensetts was born in Guyana. He attended Queen's College from 1952-56, before continuing his education in Quebec, Canada, at... - Abuah; Anthony
Award-winning filmmaker and playwright Anthony Abuah was born in Kenya to a Rwandan mother and Nigerian father. Abuah developed an... - Addai; Levi David
Born in South London to Ghanaian parents, Levi David Addai began his playwrighting career whilst studying at Brunel University. His... - Adebayo; Mojisola
Mojisola Adebayo is an actor, director, playwright, producer and lecturer at Goldsmiths College. In the 1980's Adebayo performed as a... - Adetunji; Lydia
Lydia Adetunji was born in Stockport and grew up in Nigeria before moving back to Britain. After graduating from Cambridge with a degree... - Agard; John
John Agard was born in Guyana, and worked for the Guyana Sunday Chronicle newspaper as sub-editor and feature writer before moving to... - Agbaje; Bola
Bola Agbaje born in South London to Nigerian parents is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. In 2006 Agbaje enrolled in the... - Agboluaje; Oladipo
Born in Hackney and educated in both Britain and Nigeria, Oladipo Agboluaje began writing short stories at a young age. After completing... - Ajadi; Adewale
Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Adewale Ajadi is a playwright, storyteller and a qualified barrister. - Ajibade; Yemi
Born in Nigeria in 1933, Yemi Ajibade is a playwright and actor. Ajibade's Parcel Post was presented at the Royal Court Theatre for... - Al-Hakim; Tawfiq
Playwright, novelist and essayist Tawfiq Al-Hakim, was born in 1898 in Alexandria, Egypt to an Egyptian landowning father and an... - Ali; Jamal
Jamal Ali was born in Guyana and is a playwright and poet. During the 1970s Ali founded RAPP (Radical Alliance of Poets and Player). Ali,... - Aluko; Tayo
Born in Nigeria, playwright, producer and performer Tayo Aluko moved to England in 1978, where he studied architecture. As a baritone, he... - Amoroso; Ronald
Ronald Amoroso was a playwright and director from Trinidad and Tobago. His play the Blood Clot was first staged in Trinidad in 1970 and... - Andi; Su
SuAndi OBE born in Hulme, Manchester is of British and Nigerian heritage. A poet, writer and librettist, in more recent years she has... - Archibald; Douglas
Douglas Archibald was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad in 1919. His first play Junction Village won the Readers and Writers Guild prize... - Ashton; Zawe
A drama graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University, Zawe joined the National Youth Theatre after professionally acting in... - Aymer; Geoff
Geoff Aymer is a writer, comedian and actor. Aymer's plays have been performed at the Hackney Empire, Theatre Royal Stratford East and... - Bain; Allister
Grenadian born Allister Bain is best known as a television and film actor. Bain's first play 2001 People, written in 2001 was followed by... - Baku; Shango
Born in Belmont, Trinidad, Shango Baku is a playwright, director, journalist and activist. In the early 1980s Baku created Baku... - Bandele; Biyi
Nigerian born Biyi Bandele is an award winning playwright, director and novelist. He has worked with the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal... - Beadle-Blair; Rikki
South London born Rikki Beadle-Blair is an award winning playwright, director, actor and choreographer. Beadle-Blair's writing covers... - Beaton; Norman
Norman Beaton born in Georgetown, Guyana was an actor, composer and playwright. After moving to England in 1960 Beaton wrote his first... - Bennette Hume; Peggy
Born in London to Trinidadian parents, Peggy Bennette Hume is a playwright, director and teacher. In 1986 Bennette-Hume became the first... - Berry; James
Born in a seaside village in Jamaica, James Berry is an award winning poet. After working in America Berry moved to Britain in 1948 and... - Bhim; Michael
London born Michael Bhim is an award winning playwright. He has worked with the Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre, Tricycle Theatre and... - BiBi Crew, The
Founded in the 1980s by Joanne Campbell, Judith Jacob, Janet Kay, Suzette Llewellyn, Josephine Melville, Beverley Michaels and Suzanne... - Blackman; Malorie
Malorie Blackman born in London in 1962 is an award winning author of literature for children and young adults. Blackman qualified in... - Boakye; Paul
Paul Boakye born in London in 1963 is an award winning playwright, essayist and editor. His debut play Jacob's Ladder took the UK Student... - Booker; Malika
Malika Booker is a writer, spoken word and multidisciplinary artist of Guyanese and Grenadian parentage. She was born in the UK, but... - Brathwaite; Edward Kamau
Edward Kamau Brathwaite born in Bridgetown, Barbados, is a poet, playwright, literary critic and leading Caribbean historian. After... - Brogan; Linda
Manchester born Linda Brogan is an award winning playwright, director and dramaturg. In 1999 Brogan took part in the North West... - Brown; Lennox
Born in Trinidad, Lennox Brown is a playwright, poet and journalist. After graduating with a BA in English from the University of Western... - Busby; Margaret
Ghanaian born Margaret Busby is an award winning critic, and editor. She became the UK's youngest, and first Black woman publisher when... - Cameron; Derrick
Playwright Derrick Cameron studied Drama at Liverpool Polytechnic, and University of Essex. He is the writer of Black Sheep (Temba... - Castang; Sonia
Sonia Castang is a playwright, director and photographer. A graduate of the National Film and Television School she has written and... - Cesaire; Aime
Born in Basse-Pointe, a small town on the northeast coast of Martinique in the French Caribbean Aime Cesaire was a playwright, poet and... - Chew; Richard
Richard Chew is a composer, singer and pianist who has composed music for many films and operas, including the Mary Seacole Opera (2007).... - Connor; Edric
Trinidadian Edric Connor born was a pioneering actor, musician, producer and director. Connor left Trinidad in 1944 for England and... - Connor; Geraldine
Trinidadian born Geraldine Connor is a theatre director, composer, ethnomusicologist and performer. Connor conceived, composed and... - Cooke; Trish
Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Trish Cooke is an award winning playwright, author, actor and television presenter. After graduating... - Cross; Felix
Felix Cross is a director, playwright, composer and lyricist. Cross has produced over 100 productions in UK and worldwide, from musicals,... - Cumper; Patricia
Jamaican born Patricia Cumper is an award winning playwright, author and director. Cumper moved to Britain in the 1970s after winning a... - D'Aguiar; Fred
Award winning playwright, poet and novelist Fred D'Aguiar was born in London in 1960 and lived in Guyana before returning to England in... - D; Jonzi
Jonzi D has been actively involved in British Hip Hop culture, rapping and b-boying in clubs and on the street since its genesis in the... - Daley; Tracey
Tracey Daley - Davis; Jenny
Jenny Davis is a playwright, screenwriter, novelist and actor. Her play The Front Room toured nationally with Kushite Theatre, playing at... - Dawes; Kwame
Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana in 1962, and spent most of his childhood and early adult life in Jamaica. A playwright, poet and critic,... - De-lahay; Rachel
Rachel De-lahay's debut play The Westbridge was awarded the Writer's Guild Award for Best Theatre Play in 2012 and was joint winner of... - Dijeh; Lizzy
Lizzy Dijeh born in London of Nigerian parentage, is a playwright and a poet. She graduated in English and Related Literature at York... - Ellams; Inua
Nigerian born Inua Ellams is a playwright, poet and graphic artist. His debut play The 14th Tale won a Fringe First Award at the... - Ellis; Michael J
Michael Ellis born in East London of Jamaican parentage is a playwright, scriptwriter and lecturer. Ellis began writing articles, book... - Elufowoju; Femi Jr
Actor, theatre director and playwright. Femi Elufowoju, Jr. was born in London to Nigerian parents. Elufowoju, Jr. originally trained as... - Etienne; Patrice
Born in Hackney, Playwright and actor Patrice Etienne is a former member of the Young Writer's Programme at Soho Theatre. - Evaristo; Bernardine
Award winning novelist and playwright Bernardine Evaristo, born in London to an English mother and Nigerian father was educated at Eltham... - Fagon; Alfred
Born in Jamaica, Alfred Fagon moved to England in 1955 where he worked for British Rail in Nottingham. After various jobs as a boxer and... - Finley; Harold
Finley has worked as a journalist for numerous national newspapers and magazines, an actor in the West End, National Theatre, Repertory,... - French; Robin
Robin Fench was born in Birmingham and educated at Cambridge. His first play, Bear Hug, won the Royal Court Young Writer's Festival and... - French; Segun Lee
Nigerian Mancunian Segun Lee French is a playwright, poet, film-maker and composer. He is a founder member of Manchester's Speakeasy... - Fugard; Athol
Athol Fugard, is a white South African dramatist, actor, and director. Fugard's 'township plays', so called because they are inspired by... - Gabre-Medhin; Tsegaye
Born in the highland village of Boda, near the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, poet and dramatist Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin was considered... - Gbadamosi; Gabriel
Gabriel Gbadamosi is a playwright, dramaturg and poet. After studying English at Cambridge, he founded the Irish Irregulars Theatre... - Gilkes - Romero; Juliet
Born in East London to Caribbean parents Juliet Gilkes Romero, is both a playwright and a journalist. She worked for the BBC reporting... - Gilkes-Romero; Juliet
Born in East London to Caribbean parents Juliet Gilkes Romero, is both a playwright and a journalist. She worked for the BBC, reporting... - Glasgow; Tian
As well as being an arts and outreach producter, Tian is also a playwright and theatre director. He has wortked for Barbican Guildhall... - Gloudon; Barbara
Jamaican born Barbara Gloudon is a journalist, playwright, writer, and the first female chair of the Jamaican Council Institute for the... - Hilaire; Patricia
Patricia St. Hilaire is a playwright, director, poet and academic. After graduating from Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, St.... - Hilaire; Patricia St.
Patricia St. Hilaire is a playwright, director, poet and academic. After graduating from Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, St.... - Hill; Errol
Trinidadian Errol Hill was a playwright and theatre historian. In 1949 Hill travelled to London on a two year British Council Scholarship... - Huggins; Tyrone
Born in St Kitts, Tyrone Huggins is an actor, writer, and director. After graduating from Leeds University with a degree in metallurgy,... - Ikoli; Tunde
Tunde Ikoli was born in London's East End to a Cornish mother and Nigerian father. After leaving school at 15 he spent two years as a... - Ikumelo; Gbemisola
Gbemisola Ikumelo's work in theatre includes Duck at the Unicorn Theatre; God is a DJ and Missing at Theatre Centre; Rent at the English... - James; CLR
Born in Tunapuna, Trinidad, CLR James was an award winning historian, playwright, social theorist and broadcaster. After working as a... - James; Lennie
Born in Nottingham, Lennie James is an award winning playwright and actor. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama James'... - Jean-Baptiste; Marianne
London born Marianne Jean-Baptiste is a writer, actress, singer-songwriter and composer. She was classically trained at Royal Academy of... - John; Errol
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad Errol John was an award winning playwright and actor. After leaving school John began a career as an... - Johnson; Linton Kwesi
Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, Linton Kwesi Johnson is an award winning poet, musician and sociologist. He moved to London in 1963, and went... - Jones; Clifton
Born in Jamaica Clifton Jones came to Britain in 1958 to study at the Italian Conti Stage School. While still a student he appeared in... - Jumbo; Cush
Playwright and actor Cush Jumbo trained at Central School of Speech and Drama. Her work in theatre includes Rosalind in As You Like It... - Kay; Jackie
Jackie Kay born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1961 to a Scottish mother and Nigerian father is an award winning poet, novelist and... - Kene; Arinze
Arinze Kene was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and in 1991 his family moved to London. He trained as an actor as well as working as a writer... - Kinch; Don
Barbados born Don Kinch is a playwright and director. After moving to London in 1965, Kinch launched and edited Staunch Magazine in... - Kumalo; Alton
Born in South Africa, Alton Kumalo is a playwright, director and actor. In 1972 he founded Temba Theatre company with fellow actor Oscar... - Kwei-Armah; Kwame
Kwame Kwei-Armah won the Peggy Ramsay award for his first play, Bitter Herb (1998), which was subsequently put on by The Bristol Old Vic,... - Layne; Marcia
Marcia Layne is an award winning playwright. Her play Off Camera which won the Alfred Fagon Award was performed at the West Yorkshire... - Levi-Addai; David
Levi David Addai made his debut, writing for the stage in 2005, when his first production, 93.2FM, opened at the Royal Court Theatre.... - Lovelace; Earl
Earl Lovelace born in Toco, Trinidad is an award winning playwright, novelist and journalist. Lovelace attended Howard University,... - Luckie; Steven
Steven Luckie is a freelance director, writer and producer. After studying at Goldsmiths, University and Middlesex University, he trained... - Lumley - Watson; Oscar
Educated at a West London Grammar School and obtained a BA in Drama and English at Norwich. Taught drama for a year before training as a... - Maddy Amadu; Yulisa
Yulisa Amadu Maddy is a Sierra Leonean playwright, novelist, critic, and performing artist. He is founder and director of Gbakanda... - Makoha; Nick
Born in Uganda, Nick Makoha fled the country with his mother during the Idi Amin dictatorship. He has lived in Kenya, Saudi Arabia and... - Maponya; Maishe
South African dramatist and director Maishe Maponya was born in Johannesburg. His early work includes The Cry (1976) and Peace and... - Marson; Una
Una Marson was a pioneering Jamaican poet, dramatist, journalist, and broadcaster whose most prolific period was the 1930s, during which... - Martello-White; Nathaniel
British actor and playwright Nathaniel Martello-White has performed in a number of films, television shows and theatre including Othello,... - Martin; Cheryl
Cheryl Martin is an award winning-playwright, director, poet and singer who was appointed artist-in-residence at the 2002 Commonwealth... - Martin; Jo
Jo Martin is an actor, director and co-founder of the theatre company, Aarawak Moon Productions. - Mason-John; Valerie
Valerie Mason-John born in Cambridge is a playwright, author and performance poet. Mason-John studied at Leeds University and later... - Matura; Mustapha
Born in Trinidad Mustapha Matura is an award winning playwright. In 1962 Matura sailed to England and a year later, after working as a... - McDonald; Orlaine
Orlaine McDonald born in the Midlands graduated with a BA in Theatre at Rose Bruford College. She has spent a number of years running... - McField; Frank Swarres
Born in the Cayman Islands, Dr Frank McField is a sociologist, playwright and politician. McField studied history and political science... - McMillan; Michael
Michael McMillan was born in the UK and is a playwright, artist-curator and scholar of Caribbean heritage. After winning an essay... - Melville; Josephine; Jo
Josephine Melville is a dancer, actress, singer, producer, writer, director and archivist. As a founder member and Director of The BiBi... - Mhlophe; Gcina
Gcina Mhlophe is a South African playwright, poet, actress and teacher. Her plays Have You Seen Zandile? was first produced at the Market... - Miller; Kara
Award-winning playwright and director Kara Miller grew up in Jamaica and Barbados and read law at Oxford University. - Moffatt; Nigel
Jamaican playwright Nigel Mofatt began his writing career with poetry and songs. He has been writer in residence at the National Theatre... - Mugo; Micere Githae
Micere Githae Mugo is a Kenyan playwright, poet, academic and activist. She was forced into exile from Kenya in 1982 during the reign of... - Mulekwa; Charles
Born in Uganda, Charles Mulekwa is an award-winning playwright, performer, composer, and producer. He began writing plays in his native... - Naphtali; Amani
Amani Naphtali is a trained dramatist, writer, director and filmmaker. He was a founder member of Double Edge Theatre Company. His plays... - National Black Arts Alliance; 1985
Founded in 1985 the National Black Arts Alliance is the UK's largest newtowrk of Black Artists. The NBAA's video library is dedicated to... - Newland; Courttia
West London born Courttia Newland is a playwright and novelist. He is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, The Scholar (1998)... - Obano; Rex
London born Rex Obano is a playwright and screenwriter. Obano studied philosophy at the University of North London, and after graduating... - Obisesan; Gbolahan
Gbolahan Obisesan was born in Nigeria and move to South East London with his parents aged 9 years old and he is a playwright and theatre... - Oguns; Femi
London born Femi Oguns, is an award-winning playwright, actor, theatre producer and founder of Identity Theatre School, and Identity... - Ogunyemi; Wale
Playwright Wale Ogunyemi was born in Igbajo in the West of Nigeria. Ogunyemi became a drama student at Ibadan University in on a one-year... - Okoh; Janice
Award winning playwright Janice Okoh, graduated from the Scriptwriting strand of UEA's M.A. in Creative Writing in 2008. Okoh worked as a... - Oshodi; Maria
Maria Oshodi's first play, 'The S Bend', was produced as part of the Royal Court Young Writers Festival in 1984, directed by David Sulkin... - Oyeyemi; Helen
Playwright and novelist Helen Oyeyemi was born in Nigeria in 1984 and moved to London when she was four. While studying Social and... - Philip; M NourbeSe
Born in Tabago, Trinidad, M. NourbeSe Phillip is an award winning poet, writer and lawyer. After graduating with a BA from the... - Phillips; Caryl
Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts and came to Britain at the age of four months. He grew up in Leeds, and graduated from Oxford... - Pinnock; Winsome
London born Winsome Pinnock, is a playwright and academic. She holds a B.A. in English and Drama from the Goldsmiths, University of... - Randall; Paulette
London born Paulette Randall is a theatre and television director, playwright and former artistic director of Talawa Theatre Company.... - Reckord; Barry
Barry Reckord was a Jamaican playwright. Born in Kingston, he attended Kingston College and went on to study theology at St Peter's... - Reid; Benji
Benji Reid is a creative producer, devisor and director. He trained as a dancer with the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and as an... - Rhone; Trevor
Trevor Rhone was an award winning Jamaican playwright, director and actor. After graduation, he began writing radio plays for the newly... - River; Sol. B
Writer, director and actor Sol River began his writing career in 1993 with three full-length scripts entitled Identity, Dead Good Actor... - Robinson; Roger
Roger Robinson was born in Trinidad, arriving in the UK in the late 1980s.Robinson has performed worldwide, including one-man shows The... - Rodriguez; Christopher
Christopher Rodriguez born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, is a playwright and director. He has worked as an assistant director, and producer... - Rotimi; Ola
Nigerian Ola Rotimi was a playwright and director. He obtained a B.A. from Boston University, and an M.A. from Yale, where he earned the... - Rudet; Jaqueline
London born playwright Jacqueline Rudet spent her early years in the Caribbean island of Dominica, before moving back to Britain. Rudet... - Scott; Dennis
Member of the Jamaican National Dance Theatre Company, lecturer at Yale School of Drama from 1986 until his death Dennis Scott also... - Sissay; Lemn
Lemn Sissay born in Lancashire to Ethiopian parents is a poet, playwright and author. After being adopted as a baby and raised by a white... - Sofola; Zulu
Zulu Sofola was born in 1935, in Issele-Uku, Delta State, Nigeria. After graduating from Virginia Union University, with a B.A. in... - Solanke; Adeola
Ade Solanke is a playwright, screenwriter, and founder and creative director of Spora Stories. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the... - Sowande; Bode
Bode Sowande is a Nigerian playwright, director and novelist. He was a founding member of the Ori Olukun Acting Company. Sowande's first... - Soyinka; Wole
Nigerian Wole Soyinka is an award winning writer, poet, playwright and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature. After graduating... - The Posse
Formed in the early 1990s by Brian Bovell, Michael Buffong, Victor Romero Evans, Robbie Gee, Roger Griffiths, Gary McDonald, Eddie Nestor... - Thiong'o; Ngugi wa
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright and distinguished academic. Ngugi burst onto the literary scene in East Africa... - tucker green; debbie
London born debbie tucker green worked as a stage manager for 10 years, before turning her hand to playwrighting. Encouraged by a friend,... - Turvey; Angela
Angela Turvey has been writing for television, radio and the stage. Her broadcast work for radio includes the Woman's Hour Serial,... - Vaz; Horace D.
Author of The Drama in Jamiaca, The West Indian Review, n.s. 4, no 2, (Summer 1947): 35-35, 47 - Walcott; Derek
St Lucian born Derek Walcott is an award winning poet, playwright and recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. Walcott was... - White; Edgar Nkosi
Edgar Nkosi White born on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, grew up in Harlem, New York from 1952. He studied at Yale University and... - Williams; Karla
Karla Williams is a playwright and journalist. Her third play My Life was staged at the Warehouse Theatre in 2006. Her plays have been... - Williams; Roy
London born Roy Williams is an award winning playwright. His third play for the Royal Court, Fallout, won the 2003 South Bank Show Arts... - Worrell; Trix
Writer, director and composer Trix Worrell was born in St. Lucia and came to England when he was five. He wrote and directed his first... - Wynter (-Carew); Sylvia
Born in Cuba, Sylvia Wynter is a Jamaican novelist, playwright and essayist. Wynter graduated from Kings College, University of London... - Zephaniah; Benjamin
Birmingham born Benjamin Zephaniah divided his early years between the district of Handsworth, and the tropics of Jamaica. Having left...