Printed Ephemera — 1986
Hackney Show 86
Hackney Council funded the Hackney Show 1986, advertised on this poster. The event was part of Caribbean Focus 1986, a year long celebration of the arts of the Caribbean. Amongst the performers were the Jamaican dub poet Jean Breeze, Denis Bovell and the Dub Band, and the London Allstars Steelband. Dub was originally poetry spoken over reggae music, rooted in Jamaica, while steel bands originated in Trinidad.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 2007.1/24
- Object name:
- Hackney Show 86
- Object type:
- poster, advertisement
- Artist/Maker:
- Hackney Council
- Related people:
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- Related events:
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- Related places:
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- Production date:
- 1986
- Material:
- paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 427 mm, W 289 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- Museum of London Docklands: London, Sugar and Slavery
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Credit:
- —
- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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