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Carnival: A Photographic and Testimonial History of the Notting Hill Carnival
by Ishmahil Blagrove and Margaret Busby
Published by Rice N Peas/Carnival Village Trust (2021 reprint)
We have sourced warehouse stock of this magnificent book — a stunning large-format hardback celebrating over fifty years of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s largest street festival.
Edited by Ishmahil Blagrove Jr with a preface by Margaret Busby, this richly illustrated book documents the origins of this world-renowned event. It features hundreds of photographs and personal testimonies capturing the art, music and activism that shaped Carnival’s history.
Contibutors include photographers Val Wilmer, Chris Steele-Perkins, Carl Gabriel, Homer Sykes, Charlie Phillips and Vernon St Hilaire.
This 2021 reprint is published by Rice N Peas in conjunction with Carnival Village Trust. A beautifully produced collector’s item and an essential addition for anyone interested in photography, Caribbean heritage and London’s cultural history.
ISBN: 9780954529321
LIMITED STOCK.
