A new history of Britain and the Caribbean - interview with Imaobong Umoren

In this interview with LSE Review of Books Managing Editor Anna D’Alton, Imaobong Umoren discusses her new book, Empire Without End: A New History of Britain and the Caribbean. From the first arrival of Europeans in the archipelago in the 15th century through to the Windrush scandal in the 21st century, the book traces these intertwined histories and the legacies of exploitation, slavery and empire that persist today. Umoren writes against selective, sanitised narratives of the British Empire, arguing that we must reckon with the violence and complexity of this history if we are to understand its impacts today and move beyond them.