1982: Aswad on reflecting the Black British experience through their music.

“We want to educate the youths…”

Ladbroke Grove’s homegrown reggae stars Aswad were selling records and gaining fans but were struggling to find mainstream success in the charts.

Clip taken from Ebony, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 10 November 1982.

The BBC is celebrating Black British Music and its influences with a season of programming inspired by the opening of The Music Is Black exhibition at V&A East Museum.

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