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Author: Jagdish S. Gundara
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKChallenges the view still held by many in Britain that a Black presence was only established there very recently. The text consists of a series of essays which consider the trials and achievements of Britain's historic Black community and the responses of the state and society to Black people.
Author: David Killingray
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1136299998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays looks at the history of African people in Britain mainly over the past 200 years
Author: Race Today Collective
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780947716103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philip D. Morgan
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2004-05-27
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0191555517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work explores the lives of people of sub-Saharan Africa and their descendants, how they were shaped by empire, and how they in turn influenced the empire in everything from material goods to cultural style. The black experience varied greatly across space and over time. Accordingly, thirteen substantive essays and a scene-setting introduction range from West Africa in the sixteenth century, through the history of the slave trade and slavery down to the 1830s, to nineteenth- and twentieth-century participation of blacks in the empire as workers, soldiers, members of colonial elites, intellectuals, athletes, and musicians. No people were more uprooted and dislocated; or travelled more within the empire; or created more of a trans-imperial culture. In the crucible of the British empire, blacks invented cultural mixes that were precursors to our modern selves - hybrid, fluid, ambiguous, and constantly in motion. SERIES DESCRIPTION The purpose of the five volumes of the Oxford History of the British Empire was to provide a comprehensive study of the Empire from its beginning to end, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. The volumes in the Companion Series carry forward this purpose by exploring themes that were not possible to cover adequately in the main series, and to provide fresh interpretations of significant topics
Author: Lenny Henry
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2021-11-16
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 0571368522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeaturing essays from David Olusoga, Dawn Butler MP, Kit de Waal, Kwame Kwei-Armah, and many more.In response to the international outcry at George Floyd's death, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder have commissioned this collection of essays to discuss how and why we need to fight for Black lives to matter - not just for Black people but for society as a whole.Recognising Black British experience within the Black Lives Matter movement, nineteen prominent Black figures explain why Black lives should be celebrated when too often they are undervalued. Drawing from personal experience, they stress how Black British people have unique perspectives and experiences that enrich British society and the world; how Black lives are far more interesting and important than the forces that try to limit it."We achieve everything not because we are superhuman. We achieve the things we achieve because we are human. Our strength does not come from not having any weaknesses, our strength comes from overcoming them" Doreen Lawrence."I always presumed racism would always be here, that it was a given. But the truth is, it was not always here, it was invented." David Olusoga"Our identity and experience will shape every story, bleed into every poem, inform every essay whether it's about Black 'issues' or not" Kit de Waal
Author: Chinua Achebe
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2009-10-06
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0307272907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom one of the greatest writers of the modern era, an intimate and essential collection of personal essays on home, identity, and colonialism Chinua Achebe’s characteristically eloquent and nuanced voice is everywhere present in these seventeen beautifully written pieces. From a vivid portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria to considerations on the African-American Diaspora, from a glimpse into his extraordinary family life and his thoughts on the potent symbolism of President Obama’s elections—this charmingly personal, intellectually disciplined, and steadfastly wise collection is an indispensable addition to the remarkable Achebe oeuvre.
Author: Houston A. Baker (Jr.)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1996-09
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780226144801
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBlack British Cultural Studies has attracted significant attention recently in the American academy both as a model for cultural studies generally and as a corrective to reigning constructions of Blackness within African-American studies. This anthology offers the first book-length selection of writings by key figures in this field. From Stuart Hall's classic study of racially structured societies to an interview by Manthia Diawara with Sonia Boyce, a leading figure in the Black British arts movement, the papers included here have transformed cultural studies through their sustained focus on the issue of race. Much of the book centers on Black British arts, especially film, ranging from a historical overview of Black British cinema to a weighing of the costly burden on Black artists of representing their communities. Other essays consider such topics as race and representation and colonial and postcolonial discourse. This anthology will be an invaluable and timely resource for everyone interested in cultural studies. It also has much to offer students of anthropology, sociology, media and film studies, and literary criticism.
Author: James Ramsay
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Published: 1784
Total Pages: 334
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rainer E. Lotz
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 390
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hakim Adi
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2019-03-15
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1786994283
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor over 1500 years before the Empire Windrush docked on British shores, people of African descent have played a significant and far-ranging role in the country’s history, from the African soldiers on Hadrian’s Wall to the Black British intellectuals who made London a hub of radical, Pan-African ideas. But while there has been a growing interest in this history, there has been little recognition of the sheer breadth and diversity of the Black British experience, until now. This collection combines the latest work from both established and emerging scholars of Black British history. It spans the centuries from the first Black Britons to the latest African migrants, covering everything from Africans in Tudor England to the movement for reparations, and the never ending struggles against racism in between. An invaluable resource for both future scholarship and those looking for a useful introduction to Black British history, Black British History: New Perspectives has the potential to transform our understanding of Britain, and of its place in the world.
