West Indian World was a weekly newspaper founded in 1971 in London, England, by Vincentian journalist Aubrey Baynes.
[1] Under its masthead was the strapline: "Britain's First National West Indian Weekly".
[3] Launched at a party on 16 June 1971, with claims to be the first West Indian weekly in London, the newspaper cost 5p, had 20 pages and a print run of 30,000 copies.
[4][5] Baynes has been described as "the true father of the Caribbean/African press in the UK", having previously started the lifestyle magazine Daylight International and edited the short-lived weekly Magnet News.
[9][10] Notable staff and contributors to West Indian World over the years included Lionel Morrison,[11] Barbara Blake Hannah,[12] Lindsay Barrett,[13] Neil Kenlock,[14] Flip Fraser,[15] and others.