ABSTRACT
This essay examines health urgencies experienced by the African-Caribbean diasporic people in the United Kingdom (UK). Systematically, the UK is a postcolonial context where the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of those who experience social disadvantage. In particular, the pandemic sheds light on socioeconomic and structural inequalities that contribute to poor health resulting in black people in the UK being four times more likely to die prematurely than white people. Using qualitative research methodologies, the authors analyze historical relationships between structural and health inequalities in the context of universal access to healthcare and delineate how Black Majority Churches have responded to health urgencies during the COVID pandemic.
