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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.

Homecoming is 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 Telegraph Book of the Year**

Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 01/10/2020
    ISBN13: 9781784709136, 978-1784709136
    ISBN10: 1784709131

    Number of Pages: 320

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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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.

    Homecoming is 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 Telegraph Book of the Year**

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