An excellent book, easy to read but impossible to put down.
From 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. engaging and though provoking.
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Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions.
Akala is a no-punches-pulled narrator blessed with the charismatic flow of any good MC, and his story is told with a searing passion backed-up by clear-eyed, well-researched facts. You can also listen on compatible Fire tablets, Kindles, Sonos devices and more.
I was blown away by how little I really knew about Slavery and the history of the UK. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible’s
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It was scary to note how despite being from an older generation of Pan Africanists, so much of his childhood experience of racism and class-based discrimination resonated with mine.
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Learned a lot of British history I was before ignorant of and always great to hear the invaluable perspective of Akala.
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