Black British writers

english novelist, essayist and short story writer (born 1975)

Nigerian-born British poet and novelist (1959-)

Nigerian writer (1944–2017)

Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)

Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist

British author and academic (1959-)

British actress and screenwriter

British actor

British poet (1958–2023)

British-American philosopher and writer

Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989)

British-Jamaican actor and comedian

Trinidad & Tobago-born black communist and political activist

Jamaican dub poet

Scottish poet and novelist

Jamaican-English author

British novelist and playwright

Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author

Nigerian-British journalist

British abolitionist and activist (1757–1791)

Somali-British novelist

British actor

writer and enslaved woman

Nigerian writer (1967–2022)

British poet of Somali descent

Barbadian Welsh identical twins, writer and crime duo

British author, Children's Laureate

Guyanese writer (1912–2016)

British writer

publisher, writer and author

Kittian-British writer (born 1958)

Jamaican actress, theatre director and theatre manager (1938–2025)

British science fiction writer

British actress, author, and businesswoman (born 1949)

British composer, writer and grocer

British writer

Nigerian novelist

American singer, novelist, actress and model

Scholar of the Black diaspora and culture

guyanese poet based in the united kingdom (born 1950)

Nigerian actress

British journalist and author

Nigerian novelist

Trinidadian politician, lawyer and writer (1869-1911)

Nigerian-born short story and novel writer working in London

Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet (1927–2022)

David Adetayo Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, writer, broadcaster, and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. Olusoga has presented historical documentaries on the BBC, has contributed to The Guardian and is the author of Black and British: A Forgotten History (2016).

Jamaican writer (1905-1965)

Jamaican musician (1956-2021)

British actress and screenwriter

Poet and playwright

British writer

Nigerian playwright and actor (1929-2013)

British author

American-British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster

Barbadian-British historian and writer

Nigerian Author, Photographer and Filmmaker

British writer

British writer (born 1967)

British novelist