This was a really quick, succinct and well-written book which covered a lot of stuff that the education system *conveniently* chooses to ignore. This is very much a recommended book for everyone, so if you see it listed, please do read it! Using photos and other images, the past is made accessible and clear. So much has been achieved that has not been discussed so is lost which is wrong. History like this must be made more accessible and not hidden. The history of black people in Britain is not discussed fully and so the picture we are taught is very skewed and negatively biased to those who are not white, so the true history of Britain is forgotten.
It also provides the reader with a good starting point to look further and wider into the topics and events discussed in this book. This is done in a way that can be read by all and is done in a way that is honest and factual. There is a lot to take in with this and would be a good place to start for young readers, and also for older readers too. There is so much information to read in this book, it is definitely a recommended read! We adore books here at The Cornrow HQ, for reading, for sharing and for shelfie styling! We have given a lot of thought into curating the edit of books on our site.This book was a really interesting read, covering the history of black people who have been in Britain since the Roman invasion. Winner of the Longman History Today Trustees' Award.Ī History Book of the Year.
Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. Unflinching, confronting taboos and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how the lives of black and white Britons have been entwined for centuries. It is not a singular history, but one that belongs to us all. It shows that the great industrial boom of the nineteenth century was built on American slavery, and that black Britons fought at Trafalgar and in the trenches of both World Wars.īlack British history is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation. Drawing on new genealogical research, original records, and expert testimony, Black and British reaches back to Roman Britain, the medieval imagination, Elizabethan 'blackamoors' and the global slave-trading empire. In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean. Here in this book he tell the vital history and shares his insight and expertise. David Olusoga has been one of the most important and powerful voices in the Black Live matter reckoning in the UK post George Floyd's death.
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