African and Caribbean People in Britain - A History John Ritchie General view of the fair

General view of the fair

The inscription reads: 'The residence of Val Prinsep RA

What is it to be Black

some Victorians finally began to confront the problems industrialisation and urbanisation had wrought

takes readers on an unforgettable journey along the Thames’ foreshore

African and Caribbean People in Britain - A History John Ritchie General view of the fairDespite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a simple story: it is one that begins in 1948 with the arrival of a single ship, the Empire Windrush, and continues mostly apart from a distinct British history, overlapping only on occasion amid grotesque injustice or pioneering protest. Yet, as acclaimed historian Hakim Adi