ENTITY · PERSON

Pauline Black

Well supported

Singer and actress (born Belinda Magnus, 1953) who fronted The Selecter and became the leading woman of the 2 Tone movement; her memoir 'Black by Design' documents the mixed-race British experience behind the ska revival, and she was appointed OBE in 2022. A prominent diaspora voice in British reggae/ska (Wikipedia 'Pauline Black'; BBC).

Share a memory Correct this record Add a source lead

At a glance

Type: person
Confidence: Well supported
Era: Open era →

Diaspora & global influence

Connections

In stories

Story · Well supported2 Tone and the Jamaican source

A Coventry label built its entire sound, and its politics, on records its founders had spent years studying.