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Islington Tribune - by SIMON WROE
Published: 24 October 2008

Clem Seecharan with (from left) Dr Catherine Castle, programme director at London Metropolitan University; Susan Pike, Dean of Humanities; and organiser Aurora York-McKay

Carib-Brits honoured for flying the flag

INSPIRATIONAL teachers, writers, and campaigners were honoured for their achievements in preserving and promoting Caribbean culture on Sunday.
Many of the luminaries recognised at the Carib-Brits Royale EduCulture awards ceremony at the London Irish Centre, Camden Town, have dedicated a lifetime to the study and furthering of West Indian heritage. The work of some dates back to the first arrivals of the Windrush generation in the late 1940s.
Clem Seecharan, Professor of Caribbean studies at London Metropolitan University for the past 20 years, paid tribute to his peers as he accepted his award, saying: “It’s very heartening when you see people coming from a poor background and being uplifted by the contributions these people have made. A lot of problems arise out of ignorance and not having a sense of one’s past.”

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