In Search of the Spirit of a Storyteller
This programme explores the life and work of Jamaican painter, sculptor and author, Namba Roy as seen through the eyes of his son, Tamba. Namba Roy , descendent of slaves brought to Jamaica from the Congo, spent much of his life in the Maroon village of Accompong in the cockpit country (a refuge where escaped Jamaican slaves, known as Maroons, lived as free men). He learnt much of his art from his grandfather, who instilled in him the folklore of Africa.
Namba died in 1961, when his son was only two years old. Now Tamba Roy returns to
Jamaica, to the village where his father lived, to the people who knew him.
This is Tamba Roy 's personal odyssey in search of the spirit of a storyteller.
Series producer TERRENCE FRANCIS BBC Pebble Mill (R)