Description: An unparalleled study of black British history and experience, unearthing its crucial yet largely forgotten role in shaping British history.
Brief description: Hakim Adi is Professor in the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of Chichester, UK. He has written widely on the history of Pan-Africanism and the African Diaspora and his recent publications include Pan-African History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787 (2003) and Pan-Africanism and Communism: The Communist International, Africa and the Diaspora, 1919-1939 (2013).
Review Quotes:
"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
"...a valuable contribution to the growing field of Black history in Britain. As a history that has been largely hidden, it is also of necessity a history of the efforts to obscure, minimize and position Black presence and actions in ways that substantiate White hegemony." --Kathy Powell, Critical Social Policy "With educators from primary through to tertiary level seeking to 'decolonise the curriculum', this volume provides an excellent introduction to the incredibly rich and varied methodologies, conceptual frameworks, and archival sources that can be used to explore the lives of Britain's historic Black communities." --Katie Donington, Journal of Contemporary History "A welcome contribution that focuses solely on the historical experiences, struggles and radicalism of the African diaspora in Britain throughout the ages." --Paul Fredericks, Counterfire