If you are finding a comfort level with this material and would like other facets explored, here are a few suggestions:
Caryl Phillips (Hailing from Guyana) is a prolific writer/intellectual. A Distant Shore is kind of a masterpiece, with Black and White perspectives on African immigration to England.
Nasdeem Aslam. Maps for Lost Lovers takes place in a kind of imagined Pakistani community within England. Powerful plot in a beautifully written novel. Take your time with this. His The Wasted Vigil is terrific, as well (but not for this course).
Salman Rushdie. East/West is a book of short stories. West is here in olde England. I'm not the biggest Rushdie fan, (beyond Midnight's Children), but these stories are good. "The Courter" is hilarious.
I'm not the biggest Zadie Smith fan, either. Couldn't get into White Teeth. But a lot of people love it, so I list it here.
My Beautiful Launderette. A nice film by the writer Hanif Kureshi.
Dirty, Pretty Things. The refugee underworld, and also the black market for human organs.
Welcome is a very good French film where a North African immigrant trains to swim the English Channel from Calais to reach England illegally.
Masala is a Canadian film that I found hilarious (there's an older woman who can gain access to the god Krishna through her video cassette recorder).
What else?
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