Hackney Council funded the Hackney Show 1986, advertised on this poster. The event was part of Caribbean Focus 1986, a year long celebration of the arts of the Caribbean. Amongst the performers were the Jamaican dub poet Jean Breeze, Denis Bovell and the Dub Band, and the London Allstars Steelband. Dub was originally poetry spoken over reggae music, rooted in Jamaica, while steel bands originated in Trinidad.
