African and Caribbean People in Britain - A History mudlarks books fighting and rioting against the

fighting and rioting against the forces gentrifying the capital

Book illustration showing Pickle Herring Street from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré

cello bag and branded credit label with information about the artist

Romanians and Russians

African and Caribbean People in Britain - A History mudlarks books fighting and rioting against theDespite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a simple story: it is one that begins in 1948 with the arrival of a single ship, the Empire Windrush, and continues mostly apart from a distinct British history, overlapping only on occasion amid grotesque injustice or pioneering protest. Yet, as acclaimed historian Hakim Adi