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Written by Joy Sigaud This issue of Editions Windrush 2023 Newsletter celebrates the Diamond Jubilee year of the arrival of the first significant wave of pioneers from the Caribbean who arrived at Tilbury Docks on 22nd June 1948. It is packed as usual with information from the Unveiling of HRH King Charles III’s specially commissioned […]
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Jamaicans in Britain: A Legacy of Leadership is available in either digital or print form Published by Editions Media Limited, this beautiful coffee table book, curated and co-authored by Joy Sigaud, is a unique compendium of over 1000 names with more than 500 biographies of Jamaican trailblazers who came to Britain mainly between 1948 and […]
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Editions Media has learnt that the Windrush Foundation is the recipient of a major award to lead a variety of WINDRUSH 75 programmes in 2023, thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The substantial award of over £180,000 will go some way to funding a national project called ‘Celebrating Windrush Pioneers’ which will celebrate the […]
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By Joy Sigaud WINDRUSH DAY 2022 The National Monument unveiled at Waterloo Station London attended by HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Members of the Windrush generation and their families joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station today to witness the unveiling of the National Windrush Monument. Designed by renowned Jamaican […]
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Celebrating Windrush Day 2022 Print version available in selected supermarkets whilst stocks last.
Read MoreAs Windrush Day 2022 approaches, scores of events, shows, exhibitions and interactive projects are in the pipeline providing something for all to enjoy. The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) have announced the names of those who have received funding from the Windrush Day Grant Scheme ’22 and commemorative events for Windrush […]
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JAMAICANS IN BRITAIN: A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP Over 1,000 names, over 500 bios. Co-Author and Editor Joy Sigaud says: “When the project, which was initiated by H.E. Seth Ramocan High Commissioner of Jamaica in London, was handed over to me in 2020, I realised there was so much more to be said. They already […]
Read MoreJamaican reggae music is on the Unesco World Heritage List. Inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, to great jubilation in 2018 after much campaigning and lobbying led by the Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange. Borne and forged in the ghettos of Western Kingston Jamaica, the […]
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According to the organisers, hundreds of people are expected to gather in Windrush Square in Brixton, London, at the African & Caribbean War Memorial on Sunday November 14th for the fifth annual Remembrance Parade. The event will commemorate the two million African and Caribbean soldiers who served in World War I and World […]
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The Black Cultural Archives (BCA) have announced that Managing Director Arike Oke is to step down from 30th October 2021. During her tenure she has overseen the running of the BCA and has seen the organisation set on a firm footing establishing the 2030 Strategy with the board. The most recent feat is the Black […]
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Internationally renowned artist Basil Watson has been selected to design the National Windrush Monument, which will stand at London Waterloo station. The unveiling is expected to take place on Windrush Day, June 22nd 2022. The monument, which is backed by £1 million of government funding, will pay tribute to the dreams, ambition, courage and resilience of the Windrush […]
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Arthur Torrington co-founder of the Windrush Foundation argues that all Caribbean veterans who came for the war effort and remained in Britain should be officially included and recognised under the banner of the Windrush Generation. In 2018 the British government came up with a definition of the ‘Windrush Generation’ as “Caribbean people who arrived […]
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Karen Hamilton-Bannis founder of AK-Wilde has designed a range of soft furnishings in honour of the Windrush Generation pioneers capturing some of the essence of their heritage. These will be available this month for a limited period. AK-Wilde’s range of bespoke printed accessories is thoughtfully hand designed by the artist and print designer Karen Hamilton-Bannis. […]
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As the science of neurology was emerging in the last century James Risien Russell became one of the UK’s first leading Black consultants. A true pioneer in his field Dr Russell was born in what was then British Guiana. One of Britain’s first black British consultants, pioneering neurologist James Samuel Risien Russell has been commemorated […]
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By Arthur Torrington The Windrush Foundation have announced a new award for children. The Sam King Windrush Award shall be given to a girl and a boy up to the age of 14 who can produce an outstanding essay about the Caribbean men and women who travelled on the MV Empire Windrush and arrived at […]
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