‘ Home’ was inspired by the Black and Ethnic Minority Experience (BE-ME) archive. The BE-ME Foundation began in 1998 as a direct outgrowth of city-wide celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Empire Windrush’s arrival at Tilbury Docks. BE-ME maintains an archive of over 100 audio and video interviews with African-Caribbean and South Asian people who settled in Wolverhampton following World War II. The interviews focus on respondents’ memories of home, journey and settlement and evoke reflections on the positive and negative experiences of migration.

BE-ME Clips

ML08:1 “The Story Teller”
BD18:2 “Community and Family Life in India”
GK07:6 “Views about England”
DB09:9 “First Job”
MB21:8 “Arriving in UK”
M11:6 “Treated as a Second-class Citizen”
MB21:18 “A Newer Wolverhampton”

More information on the BE-ME Foundation and a sample of the BE-ME archive is available on-line at www.be-me.org. The original archive is stored in the Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies.