Research

Research Participants Wanted – A Study of African Women Raising Children of Mixed Race / Heritage in UK

I was born in Zimbabwe in 1997 to my parents Jörg and Janet. My father, who is Swiss, worked in a missionary hospital in Zimbabwe as a doctor and that is where he met my mother, a Zimbabwean nurse. My background helped to formulate the question for my research.

Are you the daughter or son of a black GI and a British woman born during or soon after the Second World War? I am an historian at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, writing a book about the war children of black GIs and British women.

Do you have Mixed White and Black Caribbean heritage? Did you grow up in Birmingham? If yes, would you like to take  part in an interview for a University of Manchester PhD project exploring the experiences of mixed race people?

Mixed race young adults living in and around London UK, (up to about 45 mile radius), are desired for a doctorial research study examining racial appearance, identity, and experiences with inquiries such as “What race are you?” and “Where are you from?”