Mother Country
Electronic book text
Real Stories of the Windrush Children
Britain was known as the Mother Country: a home away from home; a place that you would be welcomed with open arms; a land where you were free to build a new life... 70 years on, this remarkable book explores the reality of the Windrush experience.
"The story of Windrush must not be sterilised, or overly simplified. It is not only a story of successful integration, sport and cultural icons, or even everyday heroes like my mother, any more than it is only a story of Home Office failure, of systemic racism, or the consequences of slavery. The story of Windrush, is, like any other, a story of humanity. Of life, love, struggle, hope, misery, success and failure. It's one that is too often neglected in our media, but this volume acts as a remedy to that failure of story-telling, which I ask you to both savour and share." - David Lammy MPMOTHER COUNTRY is an honest, eye-opening, funny, moving and ultimately inspiring celebration of the lives of both ordinary and extraordinary people.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781472261892
- Author: Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
- Pub date: 18.10.18
- RRP: $44.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff is an award-winning journalist and editor, writing about race, feminism, culture and social politics. She is deputy editor at gal-dem, a columnist at the i paper, a writer and editor for Dazed, and a freelance journalist for the Guardian, the FT and VICE. In 2017 Charlie won the Georgina Henry Award for Innovation in Journalism, and she is also a regular panellist and speaker on radio and TV.
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