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Windrush

By: Trevor Phillips, Mike Phillips
Narrated by: Trevor Phillips, Mike Phillips, Ben Onwukwe, Howard Saddler, Joel Trill, Debra Michaels, Cathy Tyson
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Summary

The oral history of Britain’s first West Indian immigrants and their descendants

In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the first generation of Caribbean migrants in the UK, was the initial step in the formation of a new identity: the black Briton.

Fifty years later, Mike and Trevor Phillips spoke to those on the Windrush itself, as well as those who followed, to tell the story of Britain in the second half of the twentieth century through the eyes of the outsiders who became insiders.

Now updated to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the ship’s voyage and including reflections on its political and cultural legacy in 2023, Windrush is an essential record of this transformative era in British social history.
©2023 Trevor Phillips and Mike Phillips (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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  • Categories: History
Caribbean & West Indies Emigration & Immigration Great Britain Caribbean
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History of Caribbeans in uk

Great number of views and narratives recalling the experiences of different contributors in the Uk from 1950s onwards. Would have liked to have heard authentic sounding Jamaican accents depicting the Jamaican contributors. Otherwise an excellent listen, very informative and engaging.

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