by Windrush Foundation | Aug 18, 2020 | News
Windrush Foundation presents Mona Baptiste a Windrush 1948 Star Thursday, 20 August 2020 | 19:30 – 21:00 She was born in Trinidad in June 1926, traveled first class on the Empire Windrush, and quickly established a music career in Europe as a singer and first appeared...
by Windrush Foundation | Aug 16, 2020 | News
GLENDA CAESAR Thursday, 17 August 2020 | 19:30 – 21:00 Glenda arrived with her mother in the UK in 1961 from Dominica ‘as a babe in arms’. She first found out she wasn’t British and could not get a passport after trying to visit her dying mother in the Caribbean in...
by Windrush Foundation | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Nairobi Thompson TUESDAY 4 AUGUST 2020 | 7:30 – 9:30 Before Covid-19, her One-Women shows were sold-out. Join Nairobi on ZOOM as she takes you on a journey from the Caribbean, to Wars and Windrush. She edutains with her unique brand of poetry. Where...
by Windrush Foundation | Jul 13, 2020 | News
Allan Wilmot: Before the Empire Windrush Q&A led by Vincent McBean, Chair, West Indian Association of Service Personnel. Music by Alexander D. Great (Calypsonian). During WWII, he served in the Royal Navy in teams that rescued people who had escaped the torpedoes...
by Windrush Foundation | Jul 2, 2020 | News
History Through Prose and Poetry THIS EVENT HAS NOW ENDED Burt Caesar is a British actor, broadcaster and director for stage and television, who was born in St Kitts and moved to England with his family as a child. His career has encompassed acting in films and on...
by Windrush Foundation | Jun 5, 2020 | News
Windrush Day ZOOM Events WINDRUSH PRESENTATIONS, POETRY, READINGS, MUSIC, Q&A ALSO, REVIEWS OF KEY EVENTS THAT AFFECTED THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS & A LOOK TO THE FUTURE Contributors Include: Burt Caesar | Nairobi Thompson | Alexander D....