Sherwood, Marika 1937-

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SHERWOOD, Marika 1937-

PERSONAL:

Born November 8, 1937, in Budapest, Hungary; British citizen; married Peter Sherwood (divorced); children: Craig. Ethnicity: "European." Politics: "Anti-racist socialist."

ADDRESSES:

Home—Laurier Rd., London NW5 1SG, England. Office—University of London, ICS, 28 Russell Sq., London WC1B 5DS, England; fax: 02-07-862-8820. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Historian and writer.

MEMBER:

Black and Asian Studies Association (secretary), Black and Asian Archives Working Party (secretary).

WRITINGS:

Many Struggles: West Indian Workers and Service Personnel in Britain, 1939-45, Karia Press (London, England), 1984.

Daniels Ekaste and the African Divides Mission, Savannah Press (Liverpool, England), 1994.

(With Hakim Adi) The 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress Revisited, 3rd edition, New Beacon (London, England), 1995.

(With Bob Rees) The Black Experience: In the Caribbean and the USA, Peter Bedrick Books (New York, NY), 1995.

Kwame Nkrumah: The Years Abroad, 1935-1947, Freedom (Legon, Ghana), 1996.

Claudia Jones—A Life in Exile, Lawrence & Wishart (London, England), 2000.

(With Hakim Adi) Pan-African History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787, Routledge (London, England), 2003.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Researching the history/biography of Henry Sylvester Williams.