Windrush Fashion: Voyage, Hope, and Popping Style

By Serena Lee “Dressed in an odd assortment of clothes, many wearing ties of dazzling designs, over 450 Jamaicans arrived at Tilbury Docks on the Empire Windrush to settle down in the Mother Country” – Thurrock Gazette headline 1948. Photos of Caribbean men and women arriving in Britain, in the 1950s-60s encapsulate the hopes and […]

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Happy Windrush Day 2019

Windrush Day is the 22nd June and it is now celebrated every year in recognition of the thousands who came from the Caribbean, beginning with the first post war arrivals who docked on the SS Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks on 22nd June 1948. To hear Joy’s radio commentaries see details below and to read […]

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Music

The Ode of the Black© – Series MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH MUSIC! “The donation will fund the integration of 3 specialists programme part of our  curriculum ending this school year… ”  What began as a hobby, having studied piano from an early age, the self taught composer’s works depict themes of current and historical interest […]

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Lifestyle

J. Sigaud’s motto is “If it is relevant to you then it is relevant.” EDITIONS LIFESTYLE enveloping a range of themes and issues that affect the lives of the Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Mixed Heritage and African Diaspora in general. Read here:  https://editionbhm.com/2019/11/03/the-magazine/ For further information and enquiries contact : mailto:info@editionbhm.com    

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