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Who is a roadman really? What's wrong with calling someone a 'lighty'? Why do people think black guys are cool?

These are just some of the questions being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of 21st century black identity told through a list of insults, insights and everything in-between.

Taking a panoramic look at global black history, interrogating both contemporary and historical culture, Black, Listed investigates the ways in which black communities (and individuals) have been represented, oppressed, mimicked, celebrated, and othered. Part historical study, part autobiographical musing, part pop culture vivisection, it's a comprehensive attempt to make sense of blackness from the vantage point of the hilarious and insightful psyche of Jeffrey Boakye. Along the way, it explores a far reaching range of social and cultural contexts, including but not limited to, sport, art, entertainment, politics, literature, history, music, theatre, cinema, education and criminal justice, sometimes at the same time.
Author Jeffrey Boakye
Narrator Ben Onwukwe
Duration 11 hours and 33 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405544047
Format Audiobook
Publisher John Murray Press
Genre Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic studies, Social groups and identities, Society and culture: general, Sociology and anthropology
Collections Black & British
Availability AU, GB, IE

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