The Caribbean Windrush Generation, Colonialism and the Idea of Home
I was born in Jamaica, a former colony of Great Britain. When I was growing up, I did not really understand what that meant. I knew only that we spoke English and Jamaican patois but English was the official language. I knew too that we learned a lot about British...
The Windrush Generation: Can we erase our past?
In the last few years, since about 2013, Britain has been carrying out an immigration policy which is at odds with its colonial past. British officials have been quietly deporting or denying benefits to long term residents referred to as the Windrush generation...
Anne C. Bailey and company write about race, slavery, refugees, diasporas, African American, Caribbean and African studies, human rights, history, and memory. We publish every weekend.
Find Anne C. Bailey's non-fiction book : The Weeping Time:
Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History (Beacon Press)
