WINDRUSH SONGS
Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade ActThursday June 28th
The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX
£5/£3 concs
This events launches a major new collection by one of the UK’s best-respected poets. In Windrush Songs, James Berry remembers the first wave of Caribbean emigrants who sailed to Britain in 1940s. Berry explores the resonances between these voyages and the journeys of slave ships bringing ancestors from Africa to the New World, and in doing so gives voice to people of several generations.
Hosted by Nii Ayikwei Parkes and featuring guest-slots by Yemisi Blake and Saran Green and [verb]swish.
A partnership between Apples & Snakes, Spread the Word and the Poetry Society
Booking: 020 7735 3111 / www.spreadtheword.org.uk
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