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Natives

Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times Bestseller

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

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 speaks 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.

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

*RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE | THE JHALAK PRIZE | THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD & LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

'I recommend Natives to everyone' Candice Carty-Williams

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


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

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Authors:
Akala
Year Published:
2019
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781473661233
Number of Pages:
352
Publication Date:
21/03/2019
Publisher:
John Murray Press
Language:
English
SKU:
9781473661233

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