Unsung Stories of Black Women’s Activism in the UK: Spirits of Resistance and Resilience

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Authors
Contents
1: We are Descendants of the Windrush Generation
	Introduction
		Manchester, England
	Descendants of the Windrush Generation
	Afrocentric Feminism
	Summary of Chapters
2: The Legacy of Black Women’s Activism
	Identity and Voice
	Striving and Thriving
	‘West Indians’ and West Africans
	The ‘African Queen’
	Black Women’s Activism
	Black Women in the National Health Service
	Abasindi is Born
3: Cultural Expressions of Resilience
	Resilience
	Disconnections and Re-unification
	‘Naming’ and ‘Renaming’
	The Rise of Manchester’s Nia African Cultural Centre
4: Ancestral Journeys and Diasporic Connections
	A Meeting of Memory
	Hetty
	The Politics of African Dance
	Diasporic Connections
5: Loving Body, Skin and Hair
	Stratifying Black Women
6: Sowing Seeds of Success
	Black Children’s Educational Development
	Black Supplementary Schools
	Abasindi Saturday Supplementary School
	Abasindi and the Louise Da-Cocodia Education Trust
7: The Politics of Sisterhood
	Sisterhood
	I Am My Sister’s Keeper—Combining the Personal, the Political and the Professional
	Simultaneous, Multiple and Interlocking Oppressions: Domestic Violence, Immigration Controls and Poverty
	Marginalisation of Black Young People
	Supporting a Community on Fire
	Gender, Race, Class and Protest
	Accessing Higher Education
8: Reflections
	Writing as Political Activism
	Self-representation
	Self-expression
	Self-learning
	Self-care
	Conclusion
References