In the UK Black Culture is arguably the most powerful and influential of all the cultures in British society, especially amongst our youth. One of the greatest successes I have witnessed is a musician from the UK African/Caribbean/Duel Heritage community who took it upon himself to leave Great Britain for The United States of America.

Europe Books had the pleasure of interviewing the author Derrick Wallace, to get to know him better, how he chose the title of his book Manz Dem, as well as what it was like to work on this musical project with other 15 important guitarists. Many told this gentleman he was crazy; why give up a promising career here in the UK to chase a pipe dream? I mean one minute I’m watching them perform brilliantly on national television with some of the world’s leading artistes; at the most prestigious award ceremonies and concert venues; and in the next breath we are speaking like long lost pals even though I have just met them.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Today we talk about Manz Dem, a book by Derrick Wallace, published with our publishing house Europe Books.

His main interests, apart from writing, are: playing chess, entrepreneurship and listening to all genres of music. The message also encompasses a celebration of the arts, culture, humanities and music from the perspective of being an African/Caribbean/Duel Heritage guitarist based in the United Kingdom.

Here are 15 of the most important African/Caribbean/Duel Heritage guitarists in a generation, and I have full access to their life. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Manz Dem is a musical project carried out by 15 of the most important African/Caribbean/Duel Heritage guitarists. The message I wanted to send out to the reader is this: We have some wonderful guitarists /musicians right here in the United Kingdom.

Europe Books thanks the author Derrick Wallace once again for taking the time and answering our questions. He studied Jazz Guitar at Goldsmiths University London and completed his BMus (Hons) at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. This book collects their lives and pictures, their amazing careers through their own eyes and words. I for one am extremely happy that my book has a greater chance of becoming an international success because of the present reading climate! We are really pleased to have walked alongside him on the editorial path that led to the publication of his book Manz Dem.I wanted a title that would stand out on the shelf, equally important a title that would be a unifier for the artistes portrayed in the book.