Wasafiri 114: Windrush – Writing the Scandal
Wasafiri 114, guest co-edited by Henghameh Saroukhani and John McLeod, considers how we aesthetically and politically reckon with the Windrush scandal. The lead feature comes from Gary Younge, while our interviews for this issue are with Caryl Phillips and Hazel V Carby. You can also expect our usual range of fiction, art, life writing, poetry, and reviews.
Contents
Editorial
A Loss of Innocence
Lead Feature
Gary Younge
Articles
Claiming Space in a Hostile Environment: Journeys of Migration; Topographies of Exclusion: Refugees, Windrush, and the Politics of Space
Interviews
Hazel Carby; Caryl Phillips
Art
The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers
Fiction
Ira Mathur
Poetry
James Goodwin; Hannah Lowe; Momtaza Mehri; Roger Robinson
Life Writing
Zita Holbourne
Review Essay
'Penguinising' Black Britain
Reviews
Natasha Brown, Assembly;
Tony Fairweather, Twenty-Eight Pounds and Ten Shillings: A Windrush Story;
Zaffar Kunial, England's Green
and more...