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
Henghameh Saroukhani & John McLeod
Lead Feature
Making News: Notes on a Scandal
Gary Younge
Articles
Claiming Space in a Hostile Environment: Journeys of Migration
Emily Zobel Marshall
Topographies of Exclusion: Refugees, Windrush, and the Politics of Space
Agnes Woolley
Interviews
‘Looking in the other direction’: Caryl Phillips and John McLeod in Conversation
John McLeod
Hazel V Carby In Conversation: ‘You Cannot Accept Their Terms’
Henghameh Saroukhani
Art
The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers
Alberta Whittle
Fiction
Black Man on the Run
Ira Mathur
Poetry
Shuffle, Slap; Guest Talk; Paperwork; Deportation Blues
Hannah Lowe
Citizen 1; Invitation
Roger Robinson
Who Go, Who Owe
Momtaza Mehri
Meridian Walk
James Goodwin
Life Writing
Beyond and Before the Scandal: Stories from an Activist on the Frontlines
Zita Holbourne
Review Essay
'Penguinising' Black Britain
Azad Ashim Sharma
Reviews
Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica - Luke de Noronha
Evie Lewis
The Other Windrush: Legacies of Indenture in Britain’s Caribbean Empire - Maria del Pilar Kaladeen and David Dabydeen
Kate Houlden
Twenty-Eight Pounds and Ten Shillings: A Windrush Story - Tony Fairweather
Ana García-Soriano
Assembly - Natasha Brown
Arya Thampuran
Zo and the Forest of Secrets - Alake Pilgrim; When We Were Birds - Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Desirée Seebaran
Convivial Worlds: Writing Relation from Africa - Tina Steiner
Charne Lavery
Wild Fires - Sophie Jai; What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You - Sharma Taylor
Valerie L Popp
England's Green - Zaffar Kunial
Fahad Al-Amoudi
