Main content

Home - Jamaica

Women from the Jamaican diaspora in Handsworth, Birmingham on settling in 1960s Britain.

Aasmah Mir hosts an intimate and revealing discussion between three women from the Jamaican diaspora in Handworth, a suburb of Birmingham. Enid Weir arrived in a cold, damp, dark Britain in 1960 and instantly wanted to return to Jamaica. But, at the age of 77, she now calls the UK her home. Joining her is 45-year-old businesswoman Sharon Warmington and 22-year-old student Rheanna Russell.

(Photo: A Caribbean woman and three children in London, UK, March 1963. Credit: Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Available now

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Nov 2015 15:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sun 22 Nov 2015 04:06GMT
  • Sun 22 Nov 2015 14:06GMT
  • Sun 22 Nov 2015 15:06GMT

BBC News: 100 Women

BBC News: 100 Women

Half the world speaks: the lives of women around the world

Podcast