Michael McMillan is a London based writer, playwright, artist/curator, and scholar. His work as an artist/curator includes: The West Indian Front Room (2005-06), and recently, No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960-1990 (2015-16), Rockers, Soulheads & Lovers: Sound Systems Back in Da Day (2015-16). His books include: The Front Room: Migrant Aesthetics in the Home (2009), and has the first Arts Doctorate from Middlesex University (2010). He is currently an Associate Lecturer in Cultural & Historical Studies, London College of Fashion, (University of the Arts London), and Research Associate, Visual Identities in Art & Design Research Centre (VIAD), University of Johannesburg. London