Keep On Moving – The Windrush Legacy
The Black Experience in Britain from 1948 (Book)

Tony Sewell

1998 Voice Enterprises Ltd, London

Book

English

‘Keep On Moving’ looks at three generations of Black Caribbean life in Britain and sets the aspirations and subsequent experience of West Indian migrants in context.
It charts the way in which each generation has had to ask searching questions about identity, racism and ethnicity. It comments on how the Black Caribbean contribution to Britain was valued and also provides an analysis of the evolving interface between mainstream and Black Caribbean culture.
Considerable attention is paid to the achievements of Black Caribbean Britons

Dr Tony Sewell is a lecturer in Education at Leeds University.
Sewell’s title was inspired by the lyrics of the 1980’s single ‘Keep On Moving’ which feature ‘the idea of a restlessness for a better life, higher standards, rights and conditions’ and reflect ‘the newly hybrid or pick and mix form of black identity’.
The book offers a real insight into the psychology and drive behind each generation’s efforts to both challenge and make sense of its contribution to and position and status in British society.

ISBN 1 872841 00 7

Liz Peadon

Cambridgeshire Race Equality and Diversity Service

Researcher