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*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
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. 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.
Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives speaks 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.
Natives is the searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala.
'This is the book I've been waiting for - for years. It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now' - Benjamin Zephaniah 'I recommend Natives to everyone' - Candice Carty-Williams
'The kind of disruptive, aggressive intellect that a new generation is closely watching' Afua Hirsch, - Observer
'Part biography, part polemic, this powerful, wide-ranging study picks apart the British myth of meritocracy' - David Olusoga,Guardian
'Inspiring' - Madani Younis, Guardian
'Lucid, wide-ranging' - John Kerrigan, TLS
'A potent combination of autobiography and political history which holds up a mirror to contemporary Britain' - Independent
'Trenchant and highly persuasive' - Metro
'A history lesson of the kind you should get in school but don't' - Stylist
Akala is a leading hip-hop artist and rapper, who was named Best Hip Hop Act at the MOBO Awards in 2006. He founded ‘The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company’ in 2009 to engage young people with Shakespeare. He has featured on TV programmes across Channel 4, ITV2, MTV, Sky Arts and the BBC speaking on wide ranging subjects from music, youth engagement and British/African-Caribbean culture. He published a collection of short stories Doublethink in 2015 and a graphic novel Visions in 2016. Hip and Hop is his first children’s book. Follow Akala on Instagram here.
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*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 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. 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.Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives speaks 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.Natives is the searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala.
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire features in the following genres: History, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, People / Places, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Books for Teachers, Recommendations
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Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire was written by Akala and published by Two Roads an imprint of John Murray Press
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire has 342 pages
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