Preserving Fruit: Using Oral History to Preserve Stories of Black British History and the Transatlantic Journeys from Which Our Traditions Have Emerged

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By Veneta Roberts
Source: Socially Engaged Creative Practice , pp 190-204
Publication Date: June 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789388879_14
Language: English

This is a creative piece about family, coming together to uphold a tradition that my grandmother brought with her to England, from her birth place in Trelawny, Jamaica, of preparing and baking a “traditional” rum cake. This paper will explore the history of a transatlantic tradition, of how oral history maintains its importance in the preservation of Black British history and how implementing creative writing to reframe oral history enables historical stories to spread.

Keywords: 1970's ; Black British history ; England ; Family ; Food ; Home ; Jamaica ; Oral History ; Tradition

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[Google Scholar]
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