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02.03.2024 Photograph courtesy of Simon Pizzey. A night of Neo Surrealism from the one and only:- Blue Lantern Homelessness Project benefit gig at The Prince Albert.
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From left to right: Invited panellists, Patrick Vernon OBE, Kadija George MBE, and founder of IBSWF, Dr Toyin Agbetu, Steven and Gerald Vreden, Yvonne Apiyo Brandle-Amolo, Ronnie McGrath.
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From left to right: Glimpse contributors, the writers Aisha Phoenix, Ioney Smallhorne, and Ronnie McGrath.
International Black Speculative Writing Festival 2024
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A glimpse of my exhibition Coming Forth by Day 2023. For this Black History Month special, I draw on the aesthetic of Black Atlantic Culture to foreground my Diasfrican heritage.
![Early days: The London Afro Blok.](https://ronsurreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/London-Afro-Blok.png)
![The London Afro Blok, and New Orleans, Rebirth Brass Band.](https://ronsurreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/London-Afro-Blok-New-Orleans.png)
![Ronnie McGrath backstage with the late Hugh Masekela, after a show with The London Afro Blok.](https://ronsurreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Masekela-McGrath.png)
![Ronnie McGrath with poets, the late Amiri Baraka, and one of New Orleans' finest, Chuck Perkins.](https://ronsurreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/McGrath-Baraka-Perkins.png)
![With the late Beat poet, Michael Horovitz.](https://ronsurreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/McGrath-Horovitz.png)
![Ronnie McGrath With the great dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson, at the Royal Festival Hall.](https://ronsurreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/McGrath-Johnson.png)
![Ronnie McGrath with a member of the formidable Tjapukai Dance Theatre, after a show in Canada.](https://ronsurreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tjapukai-Dance-Theatre.png)
![The late Clifford Jarvis, one of Sun Ra’s finest Jazz drummers, and former member of the London Afro Blok.](https://ronsurreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Clifford-Jarvis.png)
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