Guardian Arts and Culture Correspondent Lanre Bakare Growing up, he learned the British history of the same black people as many of us. It was a series of peculiar events. Docking of Windrush in 1948, Anxiety of Notting Hill or Brixton, and the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Everything is important, but it’s all firmly focused on the capital.
Now, Ranre writes a book about Thatcher’s time and sees stories that are not often told. It took place in London, Liverpool, the oldest black community in the UK, or in his hometown of Bradford.
There he learns about George Lind, a black man surrounded by corrupt police officers in the 1970s. When he was imprisoned, the Black community in Bradford revolved around, and their devotion was released and compensated.
In Manchester, he discovers a secret history of house music and groundbreaking nightclubs that go against the city’s colour bar. In Birmingham, he watches Rastafarian harassment by police and an exciting TV show about the BBC by sociologist Stuart Hall.
It’s all part of a rich history worth hearing, he says Helen Pido. “These historic communities that were founded had a major impact on the country. They formed the country culturally, politically and socially.”
