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Brother Resistance

Contains 16 performances.

Brother Resistance or Roy Lewis aka Lutalo Masimba, born in Trinidad. He Helped to pioneer the rapso genre (rap meets soca) as co-lead vocalist of The Network Riddum Band.

  • Niebla & Forcione, Oku Onoura, Brother Resistance

    Niebla & Forcione, Oku Onoura, Brother Resistance

    21 September 1985 at 
    Horseshoe (50)
  • Fred D’Aguiar, Brother Resistance, Sharon Landau, Pat Condell, Leo Burley

    Fred D’Aguiar, Brother Resistance, Sharon Landau, Pat Condell, Leo Burley

    5 July 1986 at 
    Market Porter Pub (London -Borough) (6)
  • Antonio Forcione & Eduardo Nieblo, Brother Resistance, Zolan Quobble, Sister Netifa

    Antonio Forcione & Eduardo Nieblo, Brother Resistance, Zolan Quobble, Sister Netifa

    22 April 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • Midsummer Poetry Festival (1988)

    Midsummer Poetry Festival (1988)

    19 June 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Piazza (2)
    Annual partnership event with Alternative Arts.
  • African Dawn (with special guest Jewel Ackah), Masimba Rapso Poets, (Sister Netifa, Brother Book, Brother Resistance, Seko Tafari)

    African Dawn (with special guest Jewel Ackah), Masimba Rapso Poets, (Sister Netifa, Brother Book, Brother Resistance, Seko Tafari)

    28 October 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • John Cooper Clarke, Brother Resistance, Belinda Burton, Leonora Rogers-Wright

    John Cooper Clarke, Brother Resistance, Belinda Burton, Leonora Rogers-Wright

    03 March 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • Lambeth Amenity Services

    Lambeth Amenity Services

    11 March 1989 at 
    Abeng Community Centre (1)
  • Benjamin Zephaniah, Sister Netifa, Brother Resistance, Sista Culcha

    Benjamin Zephaniah, Sister Netifa, Brother Resistance, Sista Culcha

    27 October 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • Night of Poems for Liberation in the '90s

    Night of Poems for Liberation in the '90s

    13 April 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
    Part of the Seven Nights for Nelson festival, marking the end of Nelson Mandela’s 26-year imprisonment.
  • Midsummer Poetry Festival (1990)

    Midsummer Poetry Festival (1990)

    23 June 1990 at 
    St Martin's Market Theatre (2)
    Annual partnership event with Alternative Arts.
  • Bukky Leo Trio (with Gary Crosby & Brian Abrahams), Brother Resistance, Carlos Rigby, Sister Netifa

    Bukky Leo Trio (with Gary Crosby & Brian Abrahams), Brother Resistance, Carlos Rigby, Sister Netifa

    14 September 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • Brother Resistance & Steel Pan Man, Levi Tafari, Brother Niyi & Torera Mpedzisi, Sister Netifa

    Brother Resistance & Steel Pan Man, Levi Tafari, Brother Niyi & Torera Mpedzisi, Sister Netifa

    12 April 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Freddy Macha, Rhythm Writers, Brother Resistance

    Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Freddy Macha, Rhythm Writers, Brother Resistance

    22 November 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • Brother Resistance & The Network Rapso Riddum Band, Levi Tafari, Haji-Mike & Sugar, Sister Netifa

    Brother Resistance & The Network Rapso Riddum Band, Levi Tafari, Haji-Mike & Sugar, Sister Netifa

    15 May 1992 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • Midsummer Poetry Festival (1995)

    Midsummer Poetry Festival (1995)

    18 June 1995 at 
    Victoria Embankment Gardens (6)
    Annual partnership event with Alternative Arts.
  • Merle Collins

    Merle Collins

    30 June 1995 at 
    BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) (504)
    This was a showcase for Merle Collins’s new anthology Rotten Pomerack.
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