In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga. Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.'. In the introduction to Black and British, David Olusoga tells a disturbing story from his childhood, where his family were driven out of their home by racist attacks in 1984.
It ranges from the first Africans to come to Britain to the shameful Windrush scandal, and takes in the industrial revolution, cotton grown on slave plantations and the black soldiers who fought for Britain in the first world war. David Olusogas A Black History of Britain is a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa. ' A comprehensive and important history of black Britain.
We can see why it’s been called a must-read.Įvening Standard In non fiction, David Olusoga’s authoritative text has been condensed for children in Black and British: A Short, Essential History (Macmillan). Black British history can be read in stately homes, street names, statues, and memorials across Britain and is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Black and British: A Forgotten History. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices.
For readers aged 12+, the book asks some thought-provoking questions and answers them in a smart and thorough style that will teach adults as much as it will children. Black and British: A Forgotten History - Ebook written by David Olusoga. It sheds light on the history that black people have in Britain - a history that is either forgotten about of intentionally erased. Dr David Olusoga account of significant and less well known black people in British history is clear and well written.
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