Black and British: A short, essential history
- Author David Olusoga
- Narrator Ben Onwukwe
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date 2 October 2020
- Run Time 3 hours and 19 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism, Children’s / Teenage: General interest.
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Winner of the Book of the Year, Children's Illustrated and Non-Fiction at The British Book Awards, 2021
Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2020
A short, essential introduction to Black British history for readers of 12+ by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga.
When did Africans first come to Britain?
Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings?
Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution?
These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history: from the Roman Africans who guarded Hadrian’s Wall right up to the present day.
This children's version of the bestseller Black and British: A Forgotten History is illustrated with maps, photos and portraits.
Macmillan Children's Books will donate 50p from every copy sold to The Black Curriculum.
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