*Windrush Day is observed every year on 22 June in Britain. It commemorates the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in Essex on 22 June 1948, when Caribbean passengers came to Britain to help rebuild the country after the Second World War.
The day celebrates the lasting contributions of the Windrush generation and their descendants to British life, including healthcare, transport, education, culture, music, sport and public service.
It also encourages reflection on the racism, discrimination, and injustices many Caribbean migrants experienced, including those linked to the Windrush scandal.
Schools, councils, community groups and cultural organisations mark Windrush Day through assemblies, exhibitions, performances, storytelling, music, food and conversations about Caribbean heritage and Black British history.
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Windrush Day helps pupils and the wider community understand how Caribbean communities have shaped modern Britain, and why their stories should be remembered, celebrated and shared with future generations.
One of such celebration took place at Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park in Southeast London, where the school marked Windrush Day with a carnival and received ten Windrush Story illustrations donated by Tayo Fatunla. Tayo was in the company of Black British actor and narrator and voice artist Colin Mcfarlane. Max Ellington, the school’s Executive Principal, expressed gratitude for the generous donation of the striking Windrush illustrations to Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park.
TAYO Fatunla is an award-winning British-Nigerian comic artist, editorial cartoonist, writer, illustrator, and artist of the African diaspora, whose work has been featured on MSN.com via EURweb.com. A graduate of the prestigious Kubert School in New Jersey, USA, he received the 2018 ECBACC Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award for his illustrated OUR ROOTS creation and series, Famous People in Black History. He has taken part in UNESCO’s Cartooning in Africa forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the Cartooning Global Forum in Paris, France. His public work also includes illustrating Camberwell’s Black history walk map and plaques, reinforcing his reputation as a cultural educator and visual historian. His image of Fela Kuti is prominently featured in Burna Boy’s Afrobeat hit song “Ye”. – https://www.instagram.com/tfatunla123
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