ABSTRACT
Current social anthropological discourse tends to assume that Afro-Caribbean cultural practice in Britain does not constitute a ‘proper’ object for anthropological research.2 Investigations into Black British life are principally relegated to the realm of sociology crystallized around issues of racism and social disadvantage, thereby disregarding the dynamism and vibrancy of Afro-Caribbean cultural life. Often the practices within this community are described in terms of negatives and absences, i.e. the lack of discernible institutional arrangements and social patterns which help to authenticate the work of the anthropologist. The shape of Afro-Caribbean cultural identity, similar to other
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