natives race and class in the ruins of empire review

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Unless expressly indicated in the product description, is not the manufacturer of the products sold on our website. 'A history lesson of the kind you should get in school but don't' Stylist 'A potent combination of autobiography and political history which holds up a mirror to contemporary Britain' Independent 'Part biography, part polemic, this powerful, wide-ranging study picks apart the British myth of meritocracy' David Olusoga, Guardian 'The kind of disruptive, aggressive intellect that a new generation is closely watching' Afua Hirsch, Observer Natives is the searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala. 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.Ĭovering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Nativesspeaks 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. 'I recommend Natives to everyone' Candice Carty-Williamsįrom 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. It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now' Benjamin Zephaniah *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'This is the book I've been waiting for - for years.

Natives race and class in the ruins of empire review