British African-Caribbean community facts for kids

Combined British and Jamaican flag sometimes used to symbolise multiculturalism

The British African-Caribbean (Afro-Caribbean) community are residents of the United Kingdom who are of British West Indian background, and whose ancestors first came from Africa. Around 566,000 people fit this description.

Images for kids

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  Ridley Road Market in Dalston, London, which sells African-Caribbean music, textiles, and food including goat meat, yams, mangos and spices.

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  Photograph of Mary Seacole, taken for a carte de visite by Maull & Company in London (c.1873)

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  Bajan and Trinidadian pilots in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

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  In 1998, an area of public open space in Brixton was renamed Windrush Square to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the ship bringing the first large group of West Indian migrants to the United Kingdom.

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  Dancers at the Notting Hill Carnival

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  Tate Britain, which houses works by Donald Rodney and Sonia Boyce

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  Rio Ferdinand, whose father came from St. Lucia to Britain, is a former captain of the English national team.

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  Fabian Delph, of Guyanese ancestry, won the 2017–18 Premier League with Manchester City and represented England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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  Former Derby County player Michael Johnson, a player who has played for the Jamaica national football team

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  Scotch bonnet peppers imported from the Caribbean on sale at London's Brixton Market. The peppers are a key ingredient of "Jerk" dishes.

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  A shop in Electric Avenue, Brixton. In 1999 the street was hit by a nail-bomb planted by neo-nazi David Copeland. Copeland later stated that he was deliberately targeting the local African-Caribbean community.

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  Former Musical Youth Frontman Dennis Seaton in 2005