... Senghor Léopold Universal Declaration of Human Rights Samuel Selvon Vic Reid Black British Literature Vernacular Modernism Colin MacInnes Windrush this chapter clips its title from a barbershop scene in George Lamming’s 1954 novel The Emigrants. A West Indian barber...

... issues in Britain today. This chapter also looks at the history of racism in Britain, introduces the term ‘black British literature’, and discusses each of the authors in detail. Bloodlines Holocaust Hawkins John Procter James Windrush SS Empire Walvin James black Romans Clarkson Thomas monuments...

... of multiculturalism broadcast to the world. The stereotyped tropes of ‘steelbands, saris and samosas’ are challenged, as close readings of Leicester texts shed light on theoretical alternatives to civic multiculturalism. Africa Piri piri chicken Black British Gilroy Paul Leeming Carol London Black British...

... and disciplinary formation of Black British literature, and the chapter reads a number of prominent works in the field for their ‘British nationalist’ character. The chapter culminates in an examination of one of the most significant recent works of Black scholarship, Paul Gilroy’s Postcolonial Melancholia...

... Council Hubbard Michelle ‘Mother’ Tempest Kae Leeming Carol Brathwaite Kamau Squires Bridie Performance poetry COVID-19 arts funding Arts Council Black British literature working-class literature Michelle ‘Mother’ Hubbard The introduction of social distancing raises urgent questions...

.... This is a vastly important part of Leicester’s story, although it does not give a fully representative picture. Leicester Leeming Carol Africa Amin Idi Uganda Gilroy Paul London Cosmopolitanism postcolonialism diaspora space literary economy regional publishing black British literature British Asian...

... by multicultural Birmingham. Birmingham architecture Irish Birmingham Manzoni Herbert O’Flynn Catherine Zephaniah Benjamin urban planning Selassie Moqapi Specials The Handsworth postcolonialism literary economy black British literature Irish Birmingham architecture brutalism reggae Rastafarianism...

...This book demonstrates the crucial role of aesthetics in defining the relationship between race, gender, and location. Thinking beyond national identity to include African, African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Black British literature, it brings together an innovative archive of twentieth-century...