Arrange the following works of ‘Black British’ writers in the correct chronological order of their publication.

A) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s No place Like Home
B) Mike Philips’s London Crossings: A Biography of Black Britain
C) Ekow Eshun’s Black Golf of the sun: Searching for home in England and Africa
D) George Lamming’s The pleasures of Exile
E) Caryl Phillips’s the European Trib

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

The correct option is D, E, A, B, C.

To arrange the works in the correct chronological order, we can look at the publication years of each text:

• D) The Pleasures of Exile by George Lamming was published in 1960. This is a foundational work of postcolonial literature exploring the exile of Caribbean writers in London.
• E) The European Tribe by Caryl Phillips was published in 1987. This travel narrative and essay collection chronicles Phillips's journeys across Europe, examining white European attitudes towards race and identity.
• A) No Place Like Home by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown was published in 2000. This autobiography details the author's early life in Uganda, her migration to Britain, and her experiences of race, gender, and belonging.
• B) London Crossings: A Biography of Black Britain by Mike Phillips was published in 2001. The book explores the history of the Black British community in London through a combination of memoir and social commentary.
• C) Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa by Ekow Eshun was published in 2005. This memoir follows the author's journey to Ghana as he explores the complexities of his British-Ghanaian identity.

Ordering these publication years chronologically gives:
1960 (D) → 1987 (E) → 2000 (A) → 2001 (B) → 2005 (C).
Therefore, the correct sequence is D, E, A, B, C.