Shawn-Naphtali Sobers Author

Dr Shawn-Naphtali Sobers is Professor of Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice at University of the West of England, director of the Critical Race and Culture Research Group, and teaches Photography. As a visual anthropologist he has carried out many research projects, ranging from legacies of slavery, African presence in Georgian and Victorian Britain, disability & walking, Rastafari language and culture, creative citizenship, and Rastafari & Ethiopian connections with the city of Bath. As a filmmaker and photographer his work has been exhibited and screened nationally and internationally, and has directed and produced documentaries with Firstborn Creatives for BBC1, ITV and Channel 4.