'I'm a Windrush baby': Hak Baker on rebuilding a lost legacy through music

Musician Hak Baker first picked up a guitar in prison, which was also a time when he was able to reflect on his life and his roots.
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Now touring the country singing about race, class and the Windrush legacy, Baker reflects on the sacrifices made by previous generations including his mother and grandmother.
Video producers Christopher Cherry and Maeve Shearlaw joined Baker on tour a week before the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush arriving at Tilbury Docks, paving the way for a generation of Caribbeans who had come to help rebuild postwar Britain
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[@ebonwalton3716]

Why can’t people just appreciate this great bloke and the positive energy he brings to his community.

[@KingCalla]

Big up Hak. Proper Londoner 👊🏻

[@michaelcorleone7598]

Hak is a real working class hero.

[@bawenn]

love hak

[@GarethSouthgate1970]

So much love🙏 Some of these comments are disgusting the guys a role model

[@Narcjus]

Good Luck Guys!

[@noturnunstoned]

💖

[@reeling-in]

I’m also a victim of something and been to prison and now I deserve a new BMW out of the compensation!

[@mm7427]

The

[@sunnywintermorning1941]

Hak was born in 1991; 20 years after the last migrants officially belonging to the “Windrush Generation”. Did either of his parents arrive in the UK between 1948 & 1971? If they did, he can claim or be a “Windrush Baby” rather than some other kind of migrants’ baby. That’s per BBC definition of “WG”.

[@HakBaker]

They did brainbox

[@BasedSaxon]

Oh wow....anyways 🤣

[@Victoria-mg5bt]

My family felt the same about london before the war, we had many generations born and raised there, most moved out after the big london bomings but some stayed, when they went to london after the war they said they recognised nothing and no one, it was run down and covered in foreigners they couldng talk to because they spoke many different languges and many where not friendly they all said they felt pushed out, i just thought id let you know many people lost london well before you did

[@kittyroo9294]

He is not a Windrush baby, he doesn't look 80 years old to me. He is a victim mentality grifter.

[@spargomcdicky9177]

maybe he has a great skincare routine lol

[@joefox9327]

His parents are from the Caribbean that sailed on the boats in promise of a better life aka the windrush generation. His parents met in London after leaving different countries therefore he is a product of the windrush.

[@sanchog5704]

Why is The Guardian obsessed with Windrush?? How about some proper British history?

[@Lando-kx6so]

This is very much British history

[@BasedSaxon]

​@@Lando-kx6soa low event

[@forlatagate1]

British history is on TV everyday, most of it being Lies, 5 minutes of of non white history and you cry, lol.

[@ErnaldtheSaxon]

Repeal the treacherous 1948 British nationality act

[@elfoxy1997]

We all know exactly why you're saying this, and the replies, we don't let it bother us anymore, it doesn't matter and we keep moving forward, best wishes and keep an eye on your blood pressure 😊

[@tiboregoldberger6817]

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