{"id":17927,"date":"2022-09-21T15:35:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=216023"},"modified":"2022-09-21T15:50:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:50:08","slug":"african-and-caribbean-people-in-britain-a-2000-year-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/african-and-caribbean-people-in-britain-a-2000-year-history\/","title":{"rendered":"African and Caribbean people in Britain: a 2,000-year history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rhiannon Davies\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The story of African and Caribbean people in Britain goes back to before the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/roman\/roman-empire-history-facts-map-timeline-peak-when-start-when-split-how-long-tetrarchy\/&quot;\">Roman empire<\/a>. Rhiannon Davies spoke to Professor Hakim Adi to discover how their lives and stories have shaped Britain\u2019s history, from the African Roman emperor Septimius Severus to the abolition of the slave trade and the arrival of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/20th-century\/guide-arrival-hmt-empire-windrush-britain\/&quot;\">HMS <em>Empire Windrush<\/em><\/a> in 1948.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-216023-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Hakimadi-b6460d7.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Hakimadi-b6460d7.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Hakimadi-b6460d7.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Hakim Adi is the author of <em>African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History<\/em> (Penguin, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/african-and-caribbean-people-in-britain-a-history\/9780241583821&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/African-Caribbean-People-Britain-History\/dp\/0241583829?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/african-and-caribbean-people-in-britain\/hakim-adi\/9780241583821&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rhiannon Davies Published: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at 12:00 am The story of African and Caribbean people in Britain goes back to before the Roman empire. 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