Evaristo says 'powerful statement' to be first black female head of UK drama school

Author hopes to inspire students of colour as Rose Bruford college appoints her as president

Booker prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo has praised her former college for making an “important statement” by installing her as the UK’s first ever black female president of a major drama school.

Evaristo will take up the ceremonial role at Rose Bruford college, which the author attended four decades ago, and she hopes to be an inspiration for young students of colour who, like her in the 80s, want to break into the cultural sector.

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