Over 1500 years before the Empire Windrush docked on British shores, people of African descent were playing a significant and far-ranging role in British history, from the African soldiers on Hadrian's Wall to the Black British intellectuals who made London a hub of radical, Pan-African ideas. But while there has been a growing interest in this history, there has been little recognition of the sheer breadth and diversity of the Black British experience, until now.
This collection combines the latest work from both established and emerging scholars of Black British history. It spans the centuries from the first Black Britons to the latest African migrants, covering everything from Africans in Tudor England to the movement for reparations, and the never ending struggles against racism in between.
An invaluable resource for both future scholarship and those looking for a useful introduction to Black British history, Black British History: New Perspectives transforms our understanding of Britain, and of its place in the world.
An unparalleled study of black British history and experience, unearthing its crucial yet largely forgotten role in shaping British history.
Recenzijos
A truly ground-breaking collection bringing new and important insights to the history of Black people in Britain. Black British History is a powerful body of work that reimagines the role Blackness in Britain. An indispensable contribution to how we understand Britain. * Kehinde Andrews, author of Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century *
Daugiau informacijos
An unparalleled study of black British history and experience, unearthing its crucial yet largely forgotten role in shaping British history.
About the contributors
Introduction - Hakim Adi
Chapter
1. Blackamoores Have their Own Names in Early Modern England -
Onyeka Nubia
Chapter
2. Between Colony and Metropole: Empire, Race and Power in
Eighteenth-Century Britain - Molly Corlett
Chapter
3. Race', Rank, and the Politics of Inter-war Commemoration of
African and Caribbean Servicemen in Britain - John Siblon
Chapter
4. You ask for bread, they give you hot lead: When Caribbean
Radicals Protested Conscription for Colonial Subjects - Kesewa John
Chapter
5. Before Notting Hill: The Causeway Green Riots of 1949 - Kevin
Searle
Chapter
6. History Beyond Borders: Teaching Black Britain and Reimagining
Black Liberation - Kennetta Perry
Chapter
7. The Spirit of Bandung in 1970s Britain: The Black Liberation
Fronts Revolutionary Transnationalism - W. Chris Johnson
Chapter
8. The Evolution of Ideas and Practices Amongst African-centred
Organisations in the UK 1975-2015 - Claudius Adisa Steven
Chapter
9. The New Cross Fire 1981 and its Aftermath - Carol Pierre
Chapter
10. The Long Road of Pan-African Liberation to Reparatory Justice -
Esther Stanford-Xosei
Chapter
11. Quest for a Cohesive Diaspora African Community: Reliving
Historic Experiences by Black Zimbabweans in Britain - Christopher Roy Zembe
Selected Bibliography
Index
Hakim Adi is Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of Chichester, UK and a trustee of the Black Cultural Archive in London. He also has served as an historical advisor to the Museum of London Docklands, and to the Black Cultural Archives Young Historians project. His other works include Introduction to Black British History (2018), Pan-Africanism: A Global History (2018), and Pan-Africanism and Communism (2013).
