What is the Black Atlantic? In 1993, Paul Gilroy published a ground-breaking book, ‘The Black Atlantic: Modernity & Double Consciousness’, which has forever left its mark on historical and cultural studies. The idea that there exists a culture which is African, American, Caribbean, and British, all at once, has generated the rich and boundless space that is Black Atlantic thinking. In our new four-part series, culture writer and curator Ekow Eshun explores Tate's collection and the impact of the