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

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

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

A collection of brief biographies depicting historical Black leaders

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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