Author: Frost, David
Title: Work And Community Among West African Migrant Workers Since The Nineteenth Century
Description: Liverpool University Press, 1999, 1st edition. Paperback, F. x+278pp, 8 b/w illustrations, 6 figs, index, a nice fine copy. New. Paperback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 0853235333 ¶ Detailed history of the Kru, a group of West Africans who worked as ships labourers and became among the earliest ethnic immigrants to Britain. They played an important part in Britain's colonial trade with West Africa. The book draws on oral tradition in Liverpool & West Africa as well as archives to give a complete history.

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