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CARIBBEAN PUBLISHING IN BRITAIN A Tribute to Arif Ali

Product no.: HP136

This book traces the tradition of Caribbean publishing in Britain, starting in the nineteenth century with the revolutionary Jamaican Robert Wedderburn

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GOODBYE, MANGO SERGEANT Memoir of a Jamaica Trench Town Boy

Product no.: HP129

Keith Walker looks back on his life and reflects upon the times of great adventure and great danger; friendship and conflict; joy and sadness; and ultimate success

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SHOULDERING ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA The Life of V.C. Bird

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The first full-length biography of this great Antiguan and Barbudan political leader which concludes with some reflections on the meaning of his successes and failures for postcolonial transformation not only in Antigua and Barbuda but also for the wider Caribbean

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BEACONS OF LIBERATION

Product no.: HP117

A collection of brief biographies depicting historical Black leaders

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BETWEEN TWO WORLDS The Story of Black British Scientist Alan Goffe

Product no.: HP106

Born in Britain in 1920 to a Jamaican father and an English mother, Dr Alan Goffe was one of a group of microbiologists who helped develop and improve vaccines designed to fight polio and measles

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A BLACK STUDIES PRIMER Heroes and Heroines of the African Diaspora

Product no.: HP100

An essential text for students and scholars of Black history featuring over 1,000 biographies of historical and contemporary Black figures

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IRA ALDRIDGE Celebrated 19th Century Actor

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Ira Aldridge was the first Black actor to play white roles and was acknowledged as “the world’s most celebrated interpreter of Shakespeare” during his lifetime

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THE UNDIMINISHED LINK Forty Years and Beyond

Product no.: HP084

Biography of a man who took the journey from British Guiana in 1959 to the often cold and hostile streets of London

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ONE PEOPLE MAYOR A Journey

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The true story of Sebert Graham, who came to Britain from Jamaica as a boy and rose to the venerated position of local mayor of a Buckinghamshire town

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THE AXE LAID TO THE ROOT The Story of Robert Wedderburn

Product no.: HP071

Born in 1762 in Jamaica of a Scottish father and a Jamaican mother, Robert Wedderburn was one of the key campaigners against slavery at the beginning of the nineteenth century

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MOVING VOICES Black Performance Poetry

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This book traces the African oral tradition, through African American and Caribbean culture, to Black performance poetry in England, and examines the many factors which have shaped this oral poetry. INCLUDES CD

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REMEMBER ME Achievements of Mixed Race People, Past and Present

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Biographies of mixed-race figures including Bob Marley, Mary Seacole and Shirley Bassey

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NAOROJI: THE FIRST ASIAN MP A Biography of Dadabhai Naoroji

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This book charts the life of Britain's first Asian Member of Parliament, from humble beginnings in Bombay to the laying of the foundations of modern India

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LEST WE FORGET The Experiences of World War II West Indian Ex-Service Personnel

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This book recalls the contribution made by West Indian men and women in defence of the 'Mother Country' during World War II

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FROM WHERE I STAND

Product no.: HP004

Published in 1987, this part biography part social commentary contains all the elements of the life story of any West Indian in Britain

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BARRISTER FOR THE DEFENCE Trial by Jury and How to Survive it!

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Looks behind the mystique of wig and gown and includes excerpts of cross-examinations during the Scarman Enquiry into the 1981 Brixton Riots

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