Wasafiri 114 Summer 2023

Windrush - Writing the Scandal

Wasafiri 114, guest edited by Henghameh Saroukhani and John McLeod, considers Windrush: Writing the Scandal. The lead feature comes from Gary Younge, while our interviews for this issue are with Caryl Phillips and Hazel V Carby. You can also expect our usual range of fiction, art, life writing, poetry, and reviews.

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Editorial A Loss of Innocence

Lead Feature Gary Younge

Articles Claiming Space in a Hostile Environment: Journeys of Migration; Topographies of Exclusion: Refugees, Windrush, and the Politics of Space

Interviews Hazel Carby; Caryl Phillips

Art The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers

Fiction Ira Mathur

Poetry James Goodwin; Hannah Lowe; Momtaza Mehri; Roger Robinson

Life Writing Zita Holbourne

Review Essay: 'Penguinising' Black Britain

Reviews Natasha Brown, Assembly; Tony Fairweather, Twenty-Eight Pounds and Ten Shillings: A Windrush Story; Zaffar Kunial, England's Green

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