... significance as a marker of black identity (Sebba, 1993:18) Although there are accounts to show that the existence of Black Caribbean people in Britain goes as far back as the 12th century it was not until the 18th century that there was a major influx of Caribbean communities in Britain. (Sebba, 1993:1) During the 1950 and 1960s, due to shortages in labour in Britain at that time the influx of Afro-Caribbean people increased. It is thought that around a quarter of a million Afro-Caribbean people settled in Britain at the time, however the largest of these communities settled in Birmingham and London. Smaller communities had settled in Liverpool, Nottingham, Leeds and Leicester. Along with the arrival of Afro-Caribbeans to Britain came several different varieties of Creoles. Creole language had developed in the West Indies as early as the seventeenth century. (Freeborn, 2003:51) At this time Pidgin was used as a form of ...

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