Read the experiences and challenges of first generation Black British Caribbean children left behind in the 1950/60's and reconnected with parents many years later in the UK. Thousands of young men and women left the British Colonies in the Caribbean to provide much needed labour for the "mother country." The separation from their children was a sacrifice for what they thought would be one to five years. Many have never been back. Only an estimated fifty percent of the thousands of children left behind joined their parents between 7 and 12 years later. Reconciliation was not easy and many...
Read the experiences and challenges of first generation Black British Caribbean children left behind in the 1950/60's and reconnected with parents man...