About Us
TOLA
Dr Tola Dabiri is the Director of Electric Piers CIC and has worked across the cultural sector since
1995, beginning her career in public libraries and archives. Tola has also worked at the Museums
Libraries and Archives Council, The National Archives, the UK Centre for Carnival Arts, and the
National Academy for Social Prescribing.
Tola has developed and managed a number of successful projects including Carnival in a Box (www.carnivalinabox.co.uk),
fundraising for archives for The National Archives, and UKCCA’s NLHF funded Carnival Archive Project,
(www.carnivalarchives.org.uk).
Tola was awarded a PhD from Leeds Beckett University, for her research looking at orality and the intangible cultural heritage of British Caribbean Carnival.
Tola is also a consultant in the cultural sector, specialising in project management, equality and inclusion, and fundraising.

Dr Tola Dabiri
Research papers and presentations:
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Decoding Twenty First Century Carnival https://figshare.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Decoding_twenty-first_century_carnival_orality_and_British_Caribbean_carnival/21253332
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International Journal of Carnival Arts, Volume 5 – Singing the Past, Singing the Future, Orality and the
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Language of Patois in the Traditional Masquerade of the Islands of Grenada
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https://www.steelpanconference.com/volume-5
International Journal of Carnival Arts, Volume 2 – Finding Voice – Orality and British Caribbean Carnival, a 2020 Digital Experience -
Caribbean Quarterly, Volume 65, Issue 4, How Did the Devil Cross the Deep Blue Sea?
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00086495.2019.1685765
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Black History Month, Red, White and Blue Feathers in the Summer Rain
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Caribbean Cultures, Leeds Beckett University, The Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Koln region
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Caribbean Cultures, Leeds Beckett University, Follow the Signs: The Quadrille, Intangible Heritage and Caribbean Carnival
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Emancipation Day Lecture 2022, Orality and the Traditional Mas of Grenada, YouTube