Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
By: Johny Pitts
4.32
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
'Afropean. Here was a space where blackness was taking part in shaping European identity ... A cont…
Want to Read $ 10.49"It's not terrorism when white people plot organised murders in the name of an extreme ideology."-Johny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
"It's not terrorism when white people plot organised murders in the name of an extreme ideology."-Johny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
"Those unemployed black men I saw loitering all over Europe weren’t inherently lazy, but lost and low on confidence and opportunities, and their crime was that they were visible, unlike the black staff who cleaned the station and whose hard work had rendered them invisible."-Johny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
"Those unemployed black men I saw loitering all over Europe weren’t inherently lazy, but lost and low on confidence and opportunities, and their crime was that they were visible, unlike the black staff who cleaned the station and whose hard work had rendered them invisible."-Johny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
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1. "Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide
By: Sven Lindqvist , Joan Tate
4.22
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
"Exterminate All the Brutes" is a searching examination of Europe's dark history in Africa and the … read more
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"Přesně toho jsem se bál. A přesně po tom jsem toužil."-Sven Lindqvist, "Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide
"You already know enough. So do I. It is not knowledge we lack. What is missing is the courage to understand what we know and to draw conclusions."-Sven Lindqvist, "Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide
"The Norweigian philosopher Tonnesen said that to think about anything but death is evasion. Society, art, culture, the whole of civilisation is nothing but evasion, one great collective self delusion…"-Sven Lindqvist, "Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide
"I am in good company, simply following those in front of me and knowing others are following behind. We are on our way up a narrow staircase. The bannister is a thick rope suggesting safety. The stai…"-Sven Lindqvist, "Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide
2. The European Tribe
By: Caryl Phillips
3.74
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
In this richly descriptive and haunting narrative, Caryl Phillips chronicles a journey through mode… read more
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3. Black and British: A Forgotten History
By: David Olusoga
3.98
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
A vital re-examination of a shared history, published to accompany the landmark BBC Two series. In … read more
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4. Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands
By: Stuart Hall , None
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Sometimes I feel myself to have been the last colonial." This, in his own words, is the extraordin… read more
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5. The Good Immigrant
By: Nikesh Shukla
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? … read more
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"You cannot have meaning without knowledge of the environment from which it stems."-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant
"If cultures were to survive in England it would be on the shoulders of bastardisation"-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant
"Integrate well. Move upwards in society. Be praised – until people worry that you’re doing too well, and then they remember that you’re foreign." (from "The Good Immigrant" by Nikesh Shukla)"-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant
"It is there in the white men and women who do not understand, to the point of frustration, why we still walk with the noose of our ancestors around our necks, as we cannot comprehend how they do not …"-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant
6. The Lonely Londoners
By: Sam Selvon
3.82
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, his classic award-winning novel of immigrant li… read more
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7. Węgry na nowo. Jak Viktor Orbán zaprogramował narodową tożsamość
By: Dominik Héjj
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Wielki węgierski sen Orbána. 17 września 2006 roku Węgrzy słyszą słynne słowa Ferenca Gyurcsánya… read more
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8. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
By: Travis Alabanza
4.38
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more
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9. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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10. Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
By: Akala
4.54
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was whit… read more
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"The officer's question already let me know that in his eyes I was dirt; that is, matter out of place."-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
"As long as whiteness is a metaphor for power, blackness must of course function as a metaphor for powerlessness, and as long as money whitens, poverty must blacken."-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
"Are we really trying to encourage and normalise black academic excellence in the UK? Or would we prefer the extra cost of imprisonment and crime that comes further down the line after neglect, just s…"-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
"Real-life racism makes you paranoid, even in children it creates the dilemma of not knowing if someone is just being horrible in the ‘normal’ way, as people so often are, or if you are being ‘blacked…"-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
11. African Europeans: An Untold History
By: Olivette Otélé
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Africans or African Europeans are widely believed to be only a recent presence in Europe, a feature… read more
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12. Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum
By: Fatma Aydemir
4.52
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
»Das sind die Stimmen, die wir hören müssen. Damit es in diesem Land nicht noch finsterer wird.« Ma… read more
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13. Rozkład. O niedemokracji w Ameryce
By: Piotr Tarczyński
4.49
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
CO GROZI AMERYCE Dlaczego w Stanach Zjednoczonych wybory często wygrywają ci, którzy mają mnie… read more
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14. Poor
By: Caleb Femi
4.46
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTIONChosen as a Book of the Year by New Statesman … read more
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"This same officer had an horizon in the east of his smile when he told your class that you were all supernovas, the biggest and brightest stars. ... While fear condenses on your lips, you will rememb…"-Caleb Femi, Poor
15. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
By: Afua Hirsch
4.32
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Englishness" as an identity is still regarded as exclusive. Englishness is not an identity that many English people regard as open to immigrants."-Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
"What makes those with perceived 'English' identities different from others in the UK? One answer is that, unlike Wales, Northern ireland and Scotland, with their devolved legislatures, separate langu…"-Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
16. Rosja. Mocarstwo absurdu i nonsensu
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3.78
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Przeciętny Polak wie o Rosji tyle, że to bogate państwo, w którym za ropę kupuje się rakiety, a zwy… read more
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17. Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
By: Sergei Guriev
3.98
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy Hitler… read more
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"As countries became postindustrial, educated, and internationally linked, their rulers had to adapt—or, at least, pretend to. Amid the third wave of democracy, liberal norms spread worldwide. The for…"-Sergei Guriev, Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
"These four changes—in the nature of work, education, social values, and communication technology—make it harder for dictators to dominate citizens in the old way. Harsh laws and bureaucratic regulati…"-Sergei Guriev, Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
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18. Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
By: Johny Pitts
4.32
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
'Afropean. Here was a space where blackness was taking part in shaping European identity ... A cont… read more
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- anti racist
- sociology
- audiobook
"It's not terrorism when white people plot organised murders in the name of an extreme ideology."-Johny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
"Those unemployed black men I saw loitering all over Europe weren’t inherently lazy, but lost and low on confidence and opportunities, and their crime was that they were visible, unlike the black staf…"-Johny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
"For most black people in Europe, the battle against prejudice is for life, which is why you have to pace yourself to run a marathon instead of exerting all your energy in a spring if you want to surv…"-Johny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
19. Światy wzniesiemy nowe
By: Urszula Jabłońska
3.94
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
Niektórzy mówią, że świat taki, jaki znamy, dobiega końca. Ale są przecież jeszcze inne światy – ty… read more
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20. Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation
By: Colin Grant
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
** A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week**'Hopeful and angry, joyful and tear-jerking' Grazia'An extraordi… read more
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21. Koniec tęczy. Chile po Pinochecie
By: Mateusz Mazzini
4.11
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
Laboratorium świata przyszłości. Październik 2019 roku. W Santiago rozpoczyna się fala protestów… read more
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