As a direct descendent of the Windrush generation, Hak Baker has an intrinsic understanding of the struggles of his predecessors while also embodying the modern-day struggles that still pervade ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Hak Baker has spoken to NME about his single ‘Windrush Baby’, sound system culture and why he thinks pirate radio won’t be returning. The East Londoner has been championed for his introspective take ...
Brimming with excitement and anticipation, 16-year-old Guy Reid-Bailey came to Bristol ready to start his new life after arriving from his home in Jamaica. It was 1961, and the UK government was ...
Campaigners call for urgent reform of redress scheme and say they plan to launch ‘people’s inquiry’ into failings The Windrush scandal remains “a stain on British society”, Floella Benjamin has said ...
Carl Nwazota was born and grew up in the London suburb of Wembley to parents from Jamaica and Nigeria. For 26 years, he was a UK citizen with a British passport – until it was confiscated by the Home ...
The changes include paying Windrush claimants, who challenge a compensation offer, up to 75 percent of the award in advance, pending the review of their offer. The scheme also now compensates people ...
A new project is preserving letters sent home by Caribbean migrants in the 1950s and 60s in a bid to challenge harmful media portrayals about their lives in Britain Housing discrimination signs like ...