Nickolai Salcedo as Ulric Cross

Peter Williams as Anthony 'Pony' Macfarlane

Jessica B. Hill as Nicola Cross

Joseph Marcell as C.L.R. James

Pippa Nixon as Ann Cross

Jimmy Akingbola as Kwame Nkrumah

Adjetey Anang as Patrice Lumumba

Kofi Adjorlolo as Kofi Mensah

Eric Kofi Abrefa as

John Dumelo as P.K. Asante

OC Ukeje as Julius Nyerere

Fraser James as George Padmore

Valerie Buhagiar as Daphne Park

Ulric Cross as Self (archive footage)

Ann Cross as Self

Prince David Oseia as Mobutu Sese Seko

Ecow Smith-Asante as Eduardo Mondlane

Kenneth Fiati as Ahmadou Ahidjo

Rhoma Spencer as Miss Small

Ben Onwukwe as W.E.B. Dubois

Rudolph Walker as T.Ras Makonnen

Melanie Nicholls-King as Amy Ashwood Garvey

Giles Alderson as Professor J. Hawker

Elvis Nouemsi as Solicitor General's Office Worker

Ted Atherton as Nigel (Publisher)

Tessa Alexander as Ulric's Mother

Jonathan Blaize as Young Ulric

Nikolai Sergio Emmanuel as Adolescent Ulric Cross

Lionel Boodlal as Samuel Selvon

Keegan Cummins as George Lamming

Chris Earle as Larry Devlin

John Samuel Kande as Simon Tshiovo

Jordan Letlow as Denzel Howden

Faisal Lutchmedial as VS. Naipaul

Andy Marshall as Telford Georges

Douglas Meyers as Ulric's Uncle

Kearn Samuel as Ulric's Father

Oseloka Mbamefo as Cameroonian Minister

Andy Wolf as RAF Administrator

Sebastian Deery as RAF Administrator

Kevon Brooks as Mr. Roach

Valentine Odiase as Henry Sylvester Williams

Mike Odongkara as Congolese Reporter

Salma Dharsee as MI6 Spy