HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Anthracite, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Wole Soyinka
15 Dec 2020
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Imperial conference of 1926: some overseas dominions are given greater independence. End of ww2: britain is weakened in terms of wealth and prestige; many colonies demand independence; process of decolonization begins. Liberation from british rule: india (1947), irish republic (1949), ghana (1957), nigeria (1960), Sierra leone (1961), republic of south africa (1961), jamaica and trinidad and tobago (1962), Kenya (1963), barbados and guyana (1966), hong kong (1997) Empire windrush generation (1948) economic immigrants from the caribbean after wwii (1948-1971) Waves of immigrants from the caribbean, africa and asia came between the british nationality. Act (1948), and the restriction of emigration laws in the late 1960s. Discrimination, racial tensions and race riots; conservative politician enoch powell rivers of blood speech in favor of limiting immigration (1968) 12. 1. 2 the end of empire in poetry: mckay, bennett, soyinka and walcott. Born in jamaica long before decolonization and the windrush. Wrote poetry in jamaican creole (jamaican english)
