blackbritishreader: For #WorldBookDay I’m sharing a list of books that are my favourite reads;
blackbritishreader:For #WorldBookDay I’m sharing a list of books that are my favourite reads; published books that have given me some of my greatest insight into Black British history, identity, culture and the experiences of Black communities in Britain:1. Peter Fryer, Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain 2. Ron Ramdin, The Making of The Black Working Class in Britain 3. Norma Myers, Reconstructing the Black Past: Blacks in Britain 1780-18304. Gerzina Gretchen, Black London: Life before Emancipation5. Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie & Suzanne Scafe, The Heart of The Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain6. Delia Jarrett-Macauley, Reconstructing Womanhood, Reconstructing Feminism: Writings on Black Women7. Julia Sudbury, Other Kinds of Dreams: Black Women’s Organisations and the Politics of Transformation8. Kwesi Owusu, Black British Culture & Society (A Text Reader)9. Kobena Mercer, Welcome to the Jungle: New Positions in Black Cultural Studies10. Paul Gilroy, Black Britain: A Photographic History11. Mark Olden, Murder in Notting Hill12. Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe, Scattered Belongings: Cultural Paradoxes of Race, Nation and Gender13. Ruth Chigwada-Bailey, Black Women’s Experiences of Criminal Justice: Race, Gender and Class14. Marc Matera, Black London: The Imperial Metropolis and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century15. Kennetta Hammond Perry, London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race16. David Olusoga, Black and British: A Forgotten History -- source link
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