June 22, 2023

Windrush’s 75th ft. Richie Brave, Asha Philip and Kia Fullerton

30 minutes

We’re celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Windrush’s arrival with a special episode and some very special guests!

Kicking off with music, 1Xtra Talks host Richie Brave - who is of Guyanese heritage - takes De-Graft on a timeline tour which explains how influential sounds from the Caribbean helped create modern music genres such as jungle, grime and drill.

Did you know that the words barbeque, hurricane and peng came from the Caribbean? You might have guessed that last one… but some common words became a part of our vocabulary via the Windrush generation. De-Graft gets into this with Kia Fullerton a journalist and producer, whose family is from Grenada and St Vincent. Kia curated an exhibition at the Museum of London on the history of Caribbean languages.

And Team GB’s relay queen, Asha Philip - whose family is from Antigua and Jamaica - also drops in. De-Graft and Asha share stories, laughs and look back on the Windrush generation and their descendants undeniable contribution to UK sport.

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Presenter: De-Graft Mensah

Producer: Kamilah McInnis

Researcher: Paige Neal-Holder and Danielle Okine

Sound: Kamilah McInnis and Dave O’Neill

Editor: Sam Bonham

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