‘A wonderful showcase of the most exciting work happening in Black British History and a rousing call to action. Essential reading!’ –Christienna Fryar, historian of Britain and the Caribbean
‘A forceful revolt against Eurocentric history and imperialist nostalgia, this illuminates the everyday lives and interconnected freedom struggles of generations of Black people in Britain, particularly Black women. An indispensable resource’ –W. Chris Johnson, University of Toronto
‘They can destroy our landing cards, but they’ll never erase our history! Packed with lucid, rigorous and groundbreaking new research, this is essential reading’ –Kevin Searle, editorial board, History Matters
The history of African and Caribbean people in Britain is centuries long. Although integral to and indivisible from ‘British history.’ it is usually treated as a footnote – or forgotten altogether. But with the flourishing of the Black Lives Matter uprisings, and fierce debates around the legacies of colonialism, a renewed hunger for the recovery of this history has come.
Edited by leading historian Hakim Adi, Many Struggles includes contributions from various emerging historians and scholar-activists. Covering the sixteenth to the late twentieth centuries, the book reveals the long history of African and Caribbean people in Britain. Drawing on new archival research, Many Struggles emphasizes often-neglected themes such as local histories, women, gender, and political activism.
Hakim Adi was the first person of African heritage to be appointed a professor of history in Britain and currently teaches at the University of Chichester. He is the author of numerous books, including African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History, West Africans in Britain 1900-1960, and Pan-Africanism: A History. He has made numerous documentary film, television and radio appearances and is included in the book 100 Great Black Britons.
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About the contributors
Introduction by Hakim Adi
1. ‘A Diamond in the Dirt’: The Experiences of Anne Sancho in Eighteenth-Century London – Montaz Marché
2. Out in the English Countryside: Black People in Eighteenth-Century Warwickshire – Annabelle Gilmore
3. Chasing shadows: Conducting a regional Black history of Falmouth and Penryn during the Packet Boat Years of 1688 to 1850 – Kate Bernstock
4. ‘Comrade Algerine Sankoh of West Africa’ – Pan-Africanist and Britain’s first Black revolutionary socialist? – Christian Høgsbjerg
5. Dusé Mohamed Ali, the African Times and Orient Review and the British Government - Rey Bowen
6. Dark Lovers and Desdemonas: Gender, Race and Pan-Africanism in Britain, 1935-1945 – Theo Williams
7. A Luta Continua: The political journey of Manchester’s Black women activists, 1945-1980 – A.S. Francis
8. How West Indian students and migrants cooperated in fighting racialised injustices in Britain 1950s-1970s – Claudia Tomlinson
9. ‘The Black Power Desk’: The Response of the State to the British Black Power Movement – Perry Blankson
10. Black Power in Britain and the Caribbean: establishing connections, 1968-1973 – Elanor Kramer-Taylor
11. ‘The enemy in our midst’: Caribbean women and the protection of community in Leeds – Olivia Wyatt
12. Moving through Britain with Rastafari Women: Resistance & Unity in Babylon – Aleema Gray
13. The Black Parents’ Movement – Hannah Francis
14. Mollie Hunte: Educational Psychologist, Educator and Activist: What archival collections can tell us – Rebecca Adams
15. ‘Black Footprints’ – A trio of experiences – Zainab Abbas, Tony Soares, Ansel Wong
Over de auteur
Hakim Adi was the first person of African heritage to be appointed as a Professor of British History, currently teaching at Chichester University. He is the author of numerous books including African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History, West Africans in Britain 1900-60 and Pan-Africanism: A History. He has made numerous documentary film, television and radio appearances, and is included in the ‘100 Great Black Britons’ list.
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