Black History or British History?

I know it's not a popular subject, but here is an

example of British history that illustrates how immigrant history into the UK can be simply lost because you will not find it on the internet, and will only find it in essays and writings of the time or in the stories of those involved.

After WW2 one of the first wave of immigrants from Africa were young men referred to as "Boomers" from Nigeria. They derived their name because they had served in the British Army in Burma. Having survived horrendous conditions they returned back to a then wealthy Nigeria to good standards of living, often better than those in war torn Britain. However, they had lived as soldiers independent and free from strongly matriarchal families and they longer for freedom and individualism. Therefore from 1947 into the 1950's many young men made their way from Nigeria to Britain to make their own way in the world.

It has to be noted they did not come to Britain to escape poverty or for a better life. Indeed, in an era where signs on boarding houses said , "No Irish, no dogs and no Blacks" their conditions were substantially worse than in Nigeria. Despite having fought for Britain in its army they were not welcome. On top of that they had to cope with cold weather, poor housing, and lack of immunity to colds which they were more prone to develop into pneumonia and die. 

They either flourished and thrived or failed and returned home or died or descended into the black economy and criminality.

This is not Black history ( although you may choose that label), this is British history and it is a travesty that such aspects of our history are confined to out of print books and articles. Or some trendy fools create "Black History month" rather than making our  British history inclusive of all our past and the legacy of Empire and the subsequent Commonwealth.