The Motherland Calls: Britain's Black Servicemen & Women, 1939-45 African art from iconic fashion moments to

from iconic fashion moments to private time with friends and family

Author: Jamia Wison

have gained popular attention in recent years

co-author of Slay in Your Lane

The Motherland Calls: Britain's Black Servicemen & Women, 1939-45 African art from iconic fashion moments toVery little attention has been given to the thousands of Black British, Caribbean and West African service men and women who supported the British war effort from 1939 45. Black volunteers from across the British Empire enthusiastically joined the armed forces and played their part in fighting Nazi Germany and its allies. The Motherland Calls complements Stephen Bournes previous book Mother Country, which told the story of the contribution made by