Len Garrison

Len Garrison
A clay model – work in progress – for a bronze bust[1] commissioned by the BCA from Fowokan
Born
Lenford Alphonso (Kwesi) Garrison

(1943-06-13)13 June 1943
Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
Died18 February 2003(2003-02-18) (aged 59)
Brixton, London, England
EducationRuskin College; University of Sussex; Leicester University
Occupation(s)Educationalist, historian and community activist
Known forACER (Afro-Caribbean Educational Resource), Black Cultural Archives (BCA)

Lenford Alphonso (Kwesi) Garrison (13 June 1943 – 18 February 2003) was an educationalist, community activist and historian whose life's work was to catalogue the development of the black British identity and its history and promote the works of young black writers. To this end, he set up ACER (Afro-Caribbean Education Resource) and co-founded the Black Cultural Archives.

  1. ^ Fowokan. Fowokan and the making of Len Garrison. Video on YouTube.