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With less than a year to go Gus Casely-Hayford reveals the show that will open the new V&A East, The Music is Black: A British Story, and talks to its curator Jacqueline Springer.

For the new V&A museum in the Olympic Park the opening exhibition is vital for setting the tone and the ambition of the place. So 'The Music is Black: A British Story' is unequivocal in its appeal to a youthful, diverse audience. Director Gus Casely-Hayford talks to the curator of the exhibition, Jacqueline Springer, a former music journalist and broadcaster. They reflect on how Black music, culture and stories can now occupy centre stage, in from the margins they occupied in the past

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Fri 15 Mar 2024 22:45

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