Loved itit was fantastic this book delves deeply into this idea of how long have black people been living in Britain and what is the history behind black people living in Britain
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Black and British (2016)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive David Olusoga's A Black History of Britain reaches back to Roman Britain, the medieval imagination and Shakespeare's Othello. Unflinching, confronting taboos and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how black and white Britons have been intimately entwined for centuries.
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- 9781529052954
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- 592 pages
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Loved itAbsolutely, just like vital reading.
Loved itthis is a history book which looks at the history of black british people throughout time and going back from the roman period up to the 20th century
Loved iti really recommend this i gave it five stars i think honestly it was such an enlightening read especially if you are from britain and you want to know more about your history and your culture
Loved itblack and british is an unflinching look at the whitewashing of british history it is engaging accessible but searing
Loved itwhat i absolutely loved about this book is that it's dealing with you know it's a very long book it's dealing with a lot of content but it really managed to marry together the wider context of what was happening at different periods in history with individual stories
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