Ansel Wong

Ansel Wong
CBE
Born
Ansel Keith David Wong

(1945-10-04) 4 October 1945 (age 79)
San Fernando, Colony of Trinidad and Tobago, British Empire
Occupation(s)Cultural and political activist
Known forBlack Londoners (BBC Radio London)

Ansel Keith David Wong CBE (born 4 October 1945[1]) is a Trinidadian-British cultural and political activist, who has been influential in many organisations particularly in the black community in the United Kingdom, where he has been based since the 1960s.[2] He is the former Chair of the Notting Hill Carnival Board and founder of Elimu Mas Band.[3] He is also an educationist and academic, and in a wide-ranging career has worked at senior levels in various organisations in the public and charitable sectors,[4] including with the Windrush Foundation established in 1996 by Arthur Torrington.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Papers of Ansel Wong" held at Black Cultural Archives.
  2. ^ "Forum on Cultural Diplomacy in the Commonwealth 2014", Cultural Diplomacy News.
  3. ^ "Notting Hill Carnival celebrates golden jubilee" Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Arts Council England, 24 August 2016.
  4. ^ "PoC Trustees", Prisoners of Conscience.
  5. ^ Stephen Spark, "Ansel Wong" at Windrush Foundation.
  6. ^ "Explore the road made to walk on Carnival Day", Soca News, 17 August 2017.