Black Heritage Today UK

There is a collective intake of breath when Carlos Acosta leaps on stage. As one of the world’s most stunning classical ballet dancers, he is admired for his firecracker, yet refined technique, for his riveting acting and for his magnetic presence on stage.

He became the first immigrant of African descent to rise to the top of any major British institution. This is the story of his rise to the top of British public life after arriving in Birmingham in the mid-1950s, aged 16, to join his mother who had come to England from Jamaica a short time earlier.

A trailblazer in Human Rights law Navi Pillay was born to a humble Indian family in apartheid South Africa. She faced enormous obstacles to her aspirations for further education and a meaningful career. She went on to being ranked No.64 in Forbes magazine’s 100 most powerful Women in the World. In 1967 Pillay was the [...]

“I feel there is no long term future for the white man in this country unless he learns to live comfortably with the black.   To that end I find myself more and more interested in the education of the black instead of white.” John Hammond, Southern Rhodesia, 1935. Beloved African tells the story of the [...]

Many of those who emigrated from the Caribbean to the UK after World War II left behind partners and children, causing the break-up of families who were often not reunited for several years. In this book, the author examines the psychological impact that immigration had on these families, in particular with relation to attachment issues.

From page one to the end of the book highlights Jamaicans and people of Jamaican heritage or someone who has become a naturalized Jamaican, and what they have contributed to society, if not the world.