Barbara Makeda Blake-Hannah is an esteemed author, journalist, filmmaker, and politician. Before her career in Britain, she was a journalist in Jamaica, presenting the news and writing for magazines. In 1968, she became the first Black female reporter on British television. In the same year, she was fired from her job due to the public’s racist complaints. Following this, she worked as a researcher on a BBC documentary series, Man Alive. Hannah returned to Jamaica in 1972 and pursued a career as a filmmaker and politician; she was also the first Rastafarian representative in Jamaica's Parliament. Hannah has been a long-time campaigner for reparations for slavery and has authored several books. Her most recent publication is a memoir published in 2016, titled ‘Growing Out: Black Hair and Black Pride in the Swinging Sixties.’
