Black Voices on Britain
Written by Hakim Adi
Narrated by Hakim Adi, Damian Lynch and Debra Michaels
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About this audiobook
A compelling anthology of Black voices from England, America, Africa and the Caribbean, from people who lived, worked, campaigned and travelled in Britain from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library.
Professor Hakim Adi, shortlisted for the Wolfson history prize, draws on a variety of published works in Black Voices on Britain, all of which describe powerful experiences: James Gronniosaw and his family endure poverty, illness and unemployment; Mary Prince is driven out by her cruel owners and turns to London charities for help; Frederick Douglass, on a lecture tour around Britain, reveals how the Christian clergy built churches with slave-owners’ money; and William Wells Brown gives his impressions of England as he travels around a country which welcomes him more readily than America. These and other voices offer a fascinating and thought-provoking portrayal of Black experiences in Britain.
Hakim Adi
Hakim Adi was the first person of African heritage to be appointed as a Professor of British History, currently teaching at Chichester University. He is the author of numerous books including African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History, West Africans in Britain 1900-60 and Pan-Africanism: A History. He has made numerous documentary film, television and radio appearances, and is included in the ‘100 Great Black Britons’ list.
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