Work and Community Among West African Migrant Workers Since the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)

This is the story of a group of West Africans - the Kru - who as ships' labourers and seafarers contributed greatly to British colonial trade with West Afica. The Kru were among the earliest black people to settle in Britain, and their presence in the period since World War II is also significant, as it represents a continuity in migration between the pre- and post-war periods that can be claimed by few ethnic-minority groups.