
Black and British
A Forgotten History
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Narrated by:
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Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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By:
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David Olusoga
About this listen
'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' – Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times
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.
This edition, fully revised and updated, features a new chapter encompassing the Windrush scandal and the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, events which put black British history at the centre of urgent national debate. Black and British is vivid confirmation that black history can no longer be kept separate and marginalised. It is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation and it belongs to us all.
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. 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. Black British history is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation. It is not a singular history, but one that belongs to us all.
Unflinching, confronting taboos, and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how the lives of black and white Britons have been entwined for centuries.
Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.
Winner of the Longman History Today Trustees’ Award.
A Waterstones History Book of the Year.
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2016 David Olusoga (P)2016 Macmillan Digital AudioEssential reading
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Best book I've read all year.
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Brilliantly put together and narrated.
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A great read though a little repetitive
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interesting take on black history
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Inspiring and informing
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Fantastic! A story I longed for...
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This book must be read by everyone in England. We are brought up with the notion that we are a ok, post colonial nation who are generally accepting of people of colour and where the direct racism of the type that is experienced in America does not exist. This is what we are told, at least, though I have witnessed and experienced direct racism, and have benefited from the white privilege that I was born with.
Even though I am Caucasian and maybe because I am Caucasian I have been witness to numerous aggressions and microaggressions, and have been involved in some pretty heavyweight conflicts when I have challenged these. This has shocked and appalled me and I have lost friends and been deeply saddened by people's views.
The next book on my reading list is entitled "why I am no longer talking to white people about race" (though I probably will, because I can't not).
This book has educated me, shocked and surprised me and taken me on an important journey through the history of my homeland. I have travelled through time and a whole range of emotions. I will be sharing it widely, this is definitely a great Christmas present for book lovers, paper or audio versions.
A history book of utmost importance
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I recommend this book or a simplified version be used within the children's secondary educational sector (history) to marry up with what's already taught.
It's a good listen thank you for the educational and historical journey.
Enlightening, well read
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Great book on black history in Britain, must read
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