Black and British <\/h2>\n\n\n\n David Olusoga<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nBlack and British provide its reader with a thorough and vital history of black Britain. It provides the reader with an expos\u00e9 of the lingering relationship between the people of Africa, the Caribbean and the British Isles, this book has rightfully been described as a \u201cthrilling tale of excavation\u201d and a \u2018testimony to the rich experiences of Black people of Britain\u2019. It is also available as a short, essential history for readers aged 12+.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA comprehensive and important history of black Britain<\/p>The Sunday Times <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
The Good Immigrant <\/h2>\n\n\n\n Nikesh Shukla<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Good Immigrant brings together 21 thrilling Black, Asian and minority ethnic voices emerging in Britain. With a collection of poignant, challenging, sometimes angry, heartbreaking and humorous essays, it explores why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay and what it means to be \u2018other\u2019 in a foreign country miles away from home. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe stories are sometimes funny, sometimes brutal, always honest \u2026 if I could, I\u2019d push a copy of this through the letter box of every front door in Britain.<\/p>The Independent <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tribes <\/h2>\n\n\n\n David Lammy <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tribes explores the benign and malignant effects of our need to belong in society. This genetically programmed and socially acquired need to belong manifests in positive ways through collaboratively achieving great successes, which individually cannot be achieved. On the other hand, this need can manifest in negative ways, particularly with globalisation and digitisation leading to new, more malicious forms of tribalism. David Lammy provides the reader with a fascinating and perceptive socio-political analysis of Britain and what it means to be British.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLammy writes with nuance and sensitivity and accepts the lack of easy answers. But his core message is simple. We must cooperate more, compromise more, communicate more. Only connect, but offline. <\/p>Prospect <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
What White People Can Do Next <\/h2>\n\n\n\n Emma Dabiri <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vital and empowering What White People Can Do Next<\/em> teaches each of us how to be agents of change in the fight against racism and the establishment of a more just and equitable world. In this affecting and inspiring collection of essays, Emma Dabiri draws on both academic discipline and lived experience to probe the ways many of us are complacent and complicit\u2014and can therefore combat\u2014white supremacy. She outlines the actions we must take, including: Stopping the Denial, Interrogate Whiteness, Abandon Guilt, Redistribute Resources, Realize this s**t is killing you too . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\nTo move forward, we must begin to evaluate our prejudices, our social systems, and the ways in which white supremacy harms us all. Illuminating and practical, What White People Can Do Next is essential for everyone who wants to go beyond their current understanding and affect real\u2014and lasting\u2014change.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConcise, sure-footed and complete . . . a battle cry against racism for even the most socially aware . . . Dabiri’s reflections have been a very, very long time coming<\/p>Tanya Sweeny \u2015 Irish Independent<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the Wake: On Blackness and Being<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Christina Sharpe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This captivating and poetic piece of work unpacks the state and existence of Black beings in modern society. It Considers what binds Black lives together following the journey from slave ships to consciousness or what Sharpe labels \u2018The Wake.\u2019 The consciousness and awareness of Blackness that writers such as Shilliam (2015) and Adichie (2017) adopt in their work. Sharpe reinforces her idea of The Wake by defining it as a Black awareness of \u2018skewed life chances, limited access to health and education, premature death, incarceration, impoverishment\u2019 (Sharpe, 2016). This Black consciousness is what Sharpe aims to academically theorize and encapsulate in this text. Its four chapters, The Wake, The Ship, The Hold and The Weather, it cleverly addresses themes of postcolonialism, decoloniality and feminism.<\/p>\n\n\n\nChristina Sharpe\u2019s deep engagement with the archive of Black knowledge production across theory, fiction, poetry and other intellectual endeavours offers an avalanche of new insights on how to think about anti-Blackness as a significant and important structuring element of the modern scene. <\/p>
Cutting across theoretical genres, In the Wake will generate important intellectual debates and maybe even movements in Black studies, cultural studies, feminist studies and beyond. This is where cultural studies should have gone a long time ago<\/p>Rinaldo Walcott \u2013 author of Black Like Who?: Writing Black Canada<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Things Fall Apart<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nChinua Achebe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis emotive and comforting novel offers a Pan-African narrative completely free of Eurocentrism. The story of Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria, tells a story of a way of life many modern Africans continue to mourn. It brings to light both the positive experiences of African life before colonisation and mirrors the fall of African customs and traditions towards the end of the 19th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe writer in whose company the prison walls fell down <\/p>Nelson Mandela<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\nHis courage and generosity are made manifest in the work<\/p>Toni Morrison<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Small Island<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Andrea Levy <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A moving novel that tells the stories of a Black woman, a Black man, a white woman and a white man and the way in which their paths overlap unexpectedly. Set at the time of the Windrush era, Small Island tells the story of the Windrush generation. Levy taps into the unique racialised experiences of each individual, the gender roles set by both racial backgrounds and the socio-political experiences of all four individuals as England recovers from the 2nd World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGives us a new urgent take on our past.<\/p>Vogue<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Black Skin, White Mask <\/h2>\n\n\n\n Franz Fanon <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This timeless historical critique rewrites the history of colonialism from a lens that describes the transition of Africa towards Eurocentrism. Fanon discusses Africa\u2019s heart-breaking psychological, physical, and cultural transformation that provides historical context for today’s socio-political landscape. A must-read for all those interested in Decoloniality, Black and postcolonial studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis century’s most compelling theorist of racism and colonialism <\/p>Angela Davis<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dr Abisola Balogun-Katung & PhD student Ania Barros Mendes Couchinho This months PHSI EDI BOOK CLUB Abisola and Ania have put together a fantastic collection of books on Black History Month and support black businesses and booksellers. Support Black Businesses Afrori Books: https:\/\/afroribooks.co.uk\/ Round Table Books: https:\/\/www.roundtablebooks.co.uk\/shop-black-studies-module African Bookstore: https:\/\/www.africanbookstore.net\/search.asp New Beacon Books: https:\/\/www.newbeaconbooks.com\/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7909,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[3,13],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-history-month","category-book-club","tag-black-history-month","tag-book-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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