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Akala

9781473661233

BOOK DETAILS

Price: $24.99
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781473661233
Published: March 2019

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'My book of the year. It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now. This is the book I've been waiting for - for years' Benjamin Zephaniah

'A potent combination of autobiography and political history which holds up a mirror to contemporary Britain' Independent

'A history lesson of the kind you should get in school, but don't' Stylist

'Powerful ... The kind of disruptive, aggressive intellect that a new generation is closely watching' Afua Hirsch, Guardian

'Part biography, part polemic, this powerful, wide-ranging study picks apart the British myth of meritocracy' David Olusoga, Guardian

'Inspiring' Madani Younis, Observer

'lucid, wide-ranging' John Kerrigan, TLS

A searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA- and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala.

From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.

Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, NATIVES will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.

'Akala's singular voice speaks to us with deep wisdom about the past, righteous anger about the present, and stubborn hope about the future. He is a radical for our times.' Marcus Rediker, author of THE SLAVE SHIP: A HUMAN HISTORY

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781473661233
Published: March 2019

Number of pages: 352
Width: 128 mm
Height: 196 mm
Depth: 24 mm

Publisher: John Murray Press

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