On screen
Cast
44 credited performers
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Nickolai Salcedo
Ulric Cross
Peter Williams
Anthony 'Pony' Macfarlane
Jessica B. Hill
Nicola Cross
Joseph Marcell
C.L.R. James
Pippa Nixon
Ann Cross
Jimmy Akingbola
Kwame Nkrumah
Adjetey Anang
Patrice Lumumba
Kofi Adjorlolo
Kofi Mensah
Eric Kofi Abrefa
Character not listed
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John Dumelo
P.K. Asante
OC Ukeje
Julius Nyerere
Fraser James
George Padmore
Valerie Buhagiar
Daphne Park
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Ulric Cross
Self (archive footage)
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Ann Cross
Self
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Prince David Oseia
Mobutu Sese Seko
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Ecow Smith-Asante
Eduardo Mondlane
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Kenneth Fiati
Ahmadou Ahidjo
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Rhoma Spencer
Miss Small
Ben Onwukwe
W.E.B. Dubois
Rudolph Walker
T.Ras Makonnen
Melanie Nicholls-King
Amy Ashwood Garvey
Giles Alderson
Professor J. Hawker
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Elvis Nouemsi
Solicitor General's Office Worker
Ted Atherton
Nigel (Publisher)
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Tessa Alexander
Ulric's Mother
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Jonathan Blaize
Young Ulric
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Nikolai Sergio Emmanuel
Adolescent Ulric Cross
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Lionel Boodlal
Samuel Selvon
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Keegan Cummins
George Lamming
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Chris Earle
Larry Devlin
John Samuel Kande
Simon Tshiovo
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Jordan Letlow
Denzel Howden
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Faisal Lutchmedial
VS. Naipaul
Andy Marshall
Telford Georges
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Douglas Meyers
Ulric's Uncle
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Kearn Samuel
Ulric's Father
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Oseloka Mbamefo
Cameroonian Minister
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Andy Wolf
RAF Administrator
Sebastian Deery
RAF Administrator
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Kevon Brooks
Mr. Roach
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Valentine Odiase
Henry Sylvester Williams
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Mike Odongkara
Congolese Reporter
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Salma Dharsee
MI6 Spy