Elimu Carnival Band formed in 1980 and have taken part in the Notting Hill Carnival every year since then.

In this archive we have collected T-Shirts, headpieces, masks, backpacks, prizes, newspaper cuttings, and documents from the early days of Notting Hill Carnival. We also have photos from nearly every Notting Hill Carnival since 1980, and some well-made videos that include a trip to Ghana to research ideas and materials and to bring Carnival Arts to a secondary school in Kumasi.

The images in the slideshow below span more than thirty years of Notting Hill Carnival and illustrate perfectly the journey made by this community- and family-based band.