Sound familiar?

I am really enjoying listening to Stuart Maconie’s Radio 2 series: The People’s Songs. The most recent episode tells the story My Boy Lollipop - The Caribbean Comes to Britain and I’m listening to it right now. Those early Jamaican immigrants talk of:

Coming to somewhere better

Leaving family behind

Going to friends and family who came over first

People not understanding your accent

Missing your loved ones

Enjoying new freedoms

Experiencing prejudice

Being turned away from accommodation

Bringing new food, music and dancing.

Wanting your children to succeed and do well in the new country

Making new friends

Sound familiar?

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