Person    | Male  Born 4/7/1963 

Jak Beula Dodd

Born St Mary's Hospital Paddington, to parents who were both from Jamaica, John Bubeula Dodd is commonly known as Jak Beula. He is a British entrepreneur and cultural activist of Caribbean heritage who invented the board game Nubian Jak and is the founder and chief executive of the Nubian Jak Community Trust, which since 2006 has been memorializing the contributions of African-Caribbean people in Britain.

The photo comes from the unveiling of the Whittington statue and shows: Adam Jogee - Mayor of Haringey: Jeremy Corbyn - Islington North MP: Dr Jak Beula: Troy Gallagher - Islington Mayor.

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Jak Beula Dodd

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African and Caribbean Armed Forces

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The Keskidee

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Will Crooks

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Suffragettes - WC2 - new building

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Ms Dynamite - WAC Arts

Ms Dynamite - WAC Arts

NW3, Haverstock Hill, WAC Arts

The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin) was established in 1996. Ms Dynamite won MOBO awards in 2002.

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