| Description | Lance Dunkley, born in Jamaica, now living in Wolverhampton, talks to Dilip Hiro..
Track 1: He talks about St Elizabeth, Jamaica, where he was born, and the history of British colonial rule in Jamaica, 2.07 mins
Track 2: He talks about the history of slavery in Jamaica. He tells Dilip Hiro about his grandmother's stories about slavery, which were handed down from her mother, who was a slave, 2.54 mins
Tracks 3-4: He talks about the ancestry of West Indian people, Christianity in the West Indies, and his own views on Christianity. He talks about segregation in churches.
Track 5: He talks about a conference of churches held in Wolverhampton where he discussed segregration in the churches with the Archbishop of Canterbury. He talks about different attitudes to the Church among young West Indian people, 2.11 mins
Track 6: Silence, 3.53 mins
Track 7: He talks about leaving school, training, and coming to England and finding employment in England, and his hopes of finding professional employment. He talks about experiencing discrimination in transport, 3.47 mins
Track 8: He says that the unions are 'reactionary' and 'backward'. He talks about 'the gospel of self-determination' and about West Indian people being oppressed. He talks about young people's awareness of problems, 2.48 mins
Tracks 9-10: Dilip Hiro asks about the effects of black people's 'rebellions' in America: he says that the problem is the same in America and England. Dilip Hiro asks about use of the terms 'coloured' and 'black': he talks about dividing the world into two geographic areas. He refers to the Bandung Conference. He talks about white people in Jamaica.
Track 11: He talks about 'the everyday experiences' of England which are difficult to explain to other people and describes going to the Labour Exchange in London when he first arrived in England, 3.25 mins
Total: 32.49 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0564980 |