| Description | Tracks 1 - 11: Actuality with Joy Messam, a married woman born in Jamaica, West Indies now living in Birmingham, and Charles Parker. Mrs Messam describes her children. She talks about going to school in Jamaica and going to school in Britain and compares her experiences. Mrs Messam talks about the need for African Caribbean children to learn about Jamaican history. She talks about not allowing her children to speak patois. She discusses the lack of discipline in British schools, and her opinion that schoolwork is easier in England than in Jamaica. Mrs Messam discusses nursery provision in the area. She discusses the need for uniforms in schools, with reference to Rastafarianism. She describes her involvement at her childrens' school through the parent-teacher group, with reference to whether she mixes with Indian parents and white parents. Mrs Messam talks about what she misses about Jamaica. She makes reference to tensions between the Asian and African Caribbean communties in Handsworth, Birmingham. She mentions a supplementary school teaching black history in Handsworth.
Track 12: Sounds recorded in Benson Road Nursery School of children playing, 2.11 mins
Total: 32.42 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0106980 |