{"id":57555,"date":"2019-02-15T16:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T16:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=57555"},"modified":"2019-02-15T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T16:37:04","slug":"obituary-andrea-levy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=57555","title":{"rendered":"Obituary: Andrea Levy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obituary: Andrea Levy<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

BBC News<\/a>
\n2019-02-15<\/p>\n

\"Andrea<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrea Levy<\/a>, who has died of cancer at the age of 62, told the stories of the Windrush generation<\/a> with humour and compassion.<\/em><\/p>\n

As Britain<\/a> struggled to revive its post-war economy, invitations were extended to citizens of the Empire<\/a>. “Come and make your lives in the Mother Country,” the advertisements said.<\/p>\n

Levy’s books chart the experiences – and disappointments – of the first Caribbean<\/a> immigrants and their children.<\/p>\n

Her Jamaican father, Winston, was aboard the Empire Windrush<\/a>, the first ship to dock at Tilbury<\/a> in 1948.<\/p>\n

The open arms which the 492 men expected were not forthcoming. Racism and rejection, small rooms and chilly receptions awaited instead.<\/p>\n

Her writing could have been angry and preachy, but it wasn’t. It was witty, humane and often moving, and full of richly drawn characters.<\/p>\n

She brought ignored and forgotten stories back to public consciousness. And she drew on her own mixed-race, working class experience to enrich her themes of family and displacement…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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