Hakim Adi is an award-winning historian, and was the first historian of African heritage to become a professor of history in Britain in 2015. He has written widely on Pan-Africanism and the modern political history of Africa and its diaspora. He is the author of many books, including Africanand Caribbean People in Britain: A History, which was shortlisted for the 2023 Wolfson History Prize.

• About the contributorsIntroduction by Hakim Adi1. ‘A Diamond in the Dirt’: The Experiences of Anne Sancho in Eighteenth-Century London - Montaz Marché2. Out in the English Countryside: Black People in Eighteenth-Century Warwickshire - Annabelle Gilmore3. Chasing shadows: Conducting a regional Black history of Falmouth and Penryn during the Packet Boat Years of 1688 to 1850 - Kate Bernstock4. ‘Comrade Algerine Sankoh of West Africa’ – Pan-Africanist and Britain’s first Black revolutionary socialist? - Christian Høgsbjerg5. Dusé Mohamed Ali, the African Times and Orient Review and the British Government - Rey Bowen6. Dark Lovers and Desdemonas: Gender, Race and Pan-Africanism in Britain, 1935-1945 - Theo Williams7. A Luta Continua: The political journey of Manchester’s Black women activists, 1945-1980 - A.S. Francis8. How West Indian students and migrants cooperated in fighting racialised injustices in Britain 1950s-1970s - Claudia Tomlinson9. ‘The Black Power Desk’: The Response of the State to the British Black Power Movement - Perry Blankson10. Black Power in Britain and the Caribbean: establishing connections, 1968-1973 - Elanor Kramer-Taylor11. ‘The enemy in our midst’: Caribbean women and the protection of community in Leeds - Olivia Wyatt12. Moving through Britain with Rastafari Women: Resistance & Unity in Babylon - Aleema Gray13. The Black Parents’ Movement - Hannah Francis14. Mollie Hunte: Educational Psychologist, Educator and Activist: What archival collections can tell us - Rebecca Adams15. ‘Black Footprints’ – A trio of experiences - Zainab Abbas, Tony Soares, Ansel Wong

'A forceful revolt against Eurocentric history and imperialist nostalgia, this sweeping collection illuminates the everyday lives and interconnected freedom struggles of generations of Black people in Britain, particularly Black women. An indispensable resource and gift to students, scholars and activists alike.'