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    1. Careers in the British Armed Forces: a Black African Caribbean viewpoint

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hussain,Asifa (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Black Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    33(3) : 312-334
    Notes:
    Discusses attitudes towards a military career and perceptions of efforts by the Ministry of Defence to recruit ethnic minorities, including Blacks of African and Caribbean origin; based on interviews with 300 people in Greater London.

    2. Independence

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Simmonds,Yussuf J. (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    Jul 14-Jul 20, 2011
    Published:
    Los Angeles, CA
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Sentinel
    Journal Title Details:
    28 : A9-A.9
    Notes:
    After independence, many of the newly formed nations struggle to maintain their hard fought freedom, though there were many lingering colonial attachments; hostilities; and the difficulties that came with growing pains. Around 1789, the French Revolution was raging in France; two years later, a rebellion swept the northern part of the island like a massive tidal wave.