Barbara Blake Hannah
Barbara Blake Hannah | |
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| Born | 5 June 1941 Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
| Other names | Barbara Makeda Blake-Hannah Barbara Blake |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, filmmaker, politician |
| Known for | One of the first black on-camera reporters on British TV |
Barbara Makeda Blake-Hannah (born 5 June 1941) is a Jamaican author and journalist known for her promotion of Rastafari culture and history. She is also a politician, filmmaker, festival organiser and cultural consultant. She was one of the first black people to be an on-camera reporter and interviewer on British television when, in 1968, she was employed by Thames Television's evening news programme Today. Hannah was sacked because viewers complained about having a black woman on screen. She later returned to Jamaica and was an independent senator in the Parliament of Jamaica from 1984 to 1987.