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'A remarkable oral history of black postwar British life... Homecoming is an extraordinary and compelling book' Daily Telegraph Homecoming draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. In their own words, we witness the transition from the optimism of the first post-war arrivals to the race riots of the late 1950s. We hear from nurses in Manchester; bus drivers in Bristol; seamstresses in Birmingham; teachers in Croydon; dockers in Cardiff; inter-racial lovers in High Wycombe, and Carnival Queens in Leeds. These are stories of hope and regret, of triumphs and challenges, brimming with humour, anger and wisdom. Together, they reveal a rich tapestry of Caribbean British lives. Homecomingis an unforgettable portrait of a generation, which brilliantly illuminates an essential and much-misunderstood chapter of our history. ** A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week** **A Daily TelegraphBook of the Year** Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The voices come across loud and proud, the people tell of their hopes and aspirations and then compare that with the reality - poor housing, job discrimination and everyday racism. they also tell home they created communities and banded together to survive. At times desperately sad and at times laugh out loud funny this is a portrait of history through the mouths of those who lived it. Grant is never politically biased, he allows the people to speak for themselves. ( )