Black Culture & History
A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race And The Soul Of America - Craig Werner
A Change is Gonna Come chronicles more than forty years of black music: from the hopeful, angry re..
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A Daughter of Isis : The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi, In Her Own Words - Nawal El-Saadawi
Against the white sand, the contours of my father's body were well defined, emphasized its existen..
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A Different Drummer - William Melvin Kelley
June, 1957. One afternoon, in the backwater town of Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tu..
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A Drop of Patience - William Melvin Kelley
At the age of five, a blind African-American boy is handed over to a brutal state home. Here Ludlo..
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A History of Pan-African Revolt - C.L.R. James
Originally published in England in 1938 (the same year as his magnum opus The Black Jacobins) and ..
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A Love Supreme : The Creation Of John Coltrane's Classic Album - Ashley Kahn & Elvin Jones (Introduction By)
A deeply researched and beautifully illustrated study of saxophone legend John Coltrane's signatur..
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A Portable Paradise - Roger Robinson
Roger Robinson's range is wide: the joys and pains of family life; the ubiquitous presence of raci..
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A Rage in Harlem - Chester Himes
A dark and witty work of hardboiled detective fiction set in the mean streets of New York, Chester..
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A River Called Time - Courttia Newland
The Ark was built to save the lives of the many, but rapidly became a refuge for the elite, the en..
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven - Dr Maya Angelou
A memoir of politics and activism, from the bestselling and beloved author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED..
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A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
A modern classic, this epic tale of families, romance and political intrigue, set in India, never ..
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A View of the Empire at Sunset - Caryl Phillips
In the heart of London's Bloomsbury, Gwendolen - not yet truly famous as the writer 'Jean Rhys' - ..
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Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture - Angela Davis
Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever sin..
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Africa's Tarnished Name - Chinua Achebe
He needed to hear Africa speak for itself after a lifetime of hearing Africa spoken about by other..
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African Anarchism - Sam Mbah & Chaz Bufe (Foreword By)
This first-of-its-kind book should be of use to everyone with an interest in either Africa or anar..
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Afropean : Notes from Black Europe - Johny Pitts
Afropean. Here was a space where blackness was taking part in shaping European identity ... A cont..
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Ain't I a Woman - bell hooks
In this classic study, cultural critic bell hooks examines how black women, from the seventeenth c..
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All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes - Dr Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou's five volumes of autobiography, beginning with I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, are ..
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All Things Remembered - Goldie
All Things Remembered is the story of the man born Clifford J. Price -- jungle's most streetwise a..
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Alpha Boys School - Heather Augustyn & Adam Reeves
Facing a life of poverty, neglect, abandonment and even homelessness, young Jamaican boys are plac..
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Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists : A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights - Mikki Kendall & Anna D'Amico
The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on..
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Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
'Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. American..
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An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and..
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An Indigenous Peoples' History Of The United States - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
"Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States is a fiercely honest, unw..
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And Still I Rise - Maya Angelou
And Still I Rise is made up of 32 short poems, divided into three parts. The poems' themes focus o..
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Another Country - James Baldwin & Colm Toibin
'A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience' Washinton Post When ..
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Another Day in the Death of America - Gary Younge
Saturday, 23rd November 2013. It was just another day in America. And as befits an unremarkable da..
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Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis
With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case f..
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As Serious As Your Life: Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957-1977 - Val Wilmer & Richard Williams
In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and j..
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Assata : An Autobiography - Assata Shakur & Angela Davis
Assata Shakur, founding member of the Black Liberation Army, former Black Panther and godmother of..
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Back to Black : Black Radicalism for the 21st Century - Kehinde Andrews
Back to Black traces the long and eminent history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistanc..
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Balfour's Shadow : A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel - David Cronin
This is the controversial history of the British government's involvement in the Zionist project, ..
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Bass Culture : When Reggae Was King - Lloyd Bradley
The first major account of the history of reggae, black music journalist Lloyd Bradley describes i..
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Bass, Mids, Tops : An Oral History of Sound System Culture - Joe Muggs & Brian David Stevens
An oral history of the UK's soundsystem culture, featuring interviews with Dubmaster Dennis Bovell..
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Beer in the Snooker Club - Waguih Ghali & Diana Athill (Introduction By)
Behind the bar at Jameel's in Cairo hang two mugs engraved with the names of Ram and Font. During..
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Beloved - Toni Morrison
AS ByattIt is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the v..
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze - Maaza Mengiste
The powerful debut from 2020 Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Shadow King'This is a book anc..
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Beneath The Underdog - Charles Mingus & Richard Williams
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in ..
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Bernard and the Cloth Monkey - Judith Bryan & Bernardine Evaristo (Introduction By)
Not yet published, 4th Feb 2021. Pre order here.WINNER OF THE SAGA PRIZE 1997: a literary award for..
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Bessie Smith - Jackie Kay
Not yet printed, Feb 2021, pre order here BESSIE SMITH was born in Tennessee in 1894. Orphaned by ..
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Billie Holiday - Jose Munoz & Carlos Sampayo
Born in Baltimore in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legenda..
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Billie Holiday: The Musician, The Myth - John Szwed
Today, Billie Holiday is an icon - an artist whose voice has weathered countless shifts in public ..
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Black and British : A Forgotten History - David Olusoga
In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells th..
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Black and British A short essential history - David Olusoga
A short, essential introduction to Black British history. When did Africans first come to Britain?..
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Black by Design : A 2-Tone Memoir - Pauline Black
Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, ..
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Black History for Beginners - Denise Dennis & Susan Willmarth
Here is a reprint of one of the most popular Beginners books. Covering a rich history often igno..
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Black Like Me - John Howard Griffin & Bernardine Evaristo (Introduction By)
New edition with a foreword by Bernardine Evaristo 'An anti-racist classic' Bernardine Evaristo I..
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Black Panthers for Beginners - Herb Boyd & Lance Tooks
A crowd of onlookers gawked from the sidewalk as four young black men dressed in black leather j..
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Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon
Not yet printed, 25 March 2021. Preorder here.'Fanon is our contemporary ... In clear language, in w..
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Black, Listed : Black British Culture Explored - Jeffrey Boakye
AFRO-CARIBBEAN. COLOURED. ETHNIC MINORITY. IMMIGRANT. BAME. URBAN. WOKE. FAM. BLACK. These are j..
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Bob Marley & The Wailers : The Definitive Discography - Roger Steffens & Leroy Jody Pierson
For the first time ever, all the recordings made by Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh have ..
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But Beautiful : A Book About Jazz - Geoff Dyer
Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on ..
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C.L.R. James : The Artist as Revolutionary - Paul Buhle & Lawrence Ware
C.L.R. James is one of the twentieth century's most remarkable individuals. As the author of the i..
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Cane Warriors - Alex Wheatle
Nobody free till everybody free. Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on ..
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Cassius X : A Legend in the Making - Stuart Cosgrove
Miami, 1963. A young boy from Louisville, Kentucky, is on the path to becoming the greatest sports..
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Chamber Music : About the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces) - Will Ashon
Each of these chambers contains wonders of history, destiny and mythology' Margo JeffersonWill Ash..
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Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fanta..
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City Psalms - Benjamin Zephaniah
City Psalms was Benjamin Zephaniah's first collection from Bloodaxe back in 1992. It includes some..
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Coltrane : The Story of a Sound - Ben Ratliff
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in ne..
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Communities of Resistance - A. Sivanandan, Gary Younge , Arun Kundnani
Ambalavaner Sivanandan was one of Britain's most influential radical thinkers. As Director of the ..
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Concrete Rose - Angie Thomas
From international phenomenon Angie Thomas comes a hard-hitting return to Garden Heights with the ..
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Cookin' : Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65 - Kenny Mathieson
Following on from Giant Steps, comes the second installment in Kenny Mathieson's series of jazz hi..
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Crongton Knights - Alex Wheatle
Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries - and life for McKay has been even tou..
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Dark Days - James Baldwin
'So the club rose, the blood came down, and his bitterness and his anguish and his guilt were comp..
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Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new sta..
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Detroit 67 : The Year That Changed Soul - Stuart Cosgrove
Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take yo..
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Different Class : Football, Fashion and Funk - The Story of Laurie Cunningham - Dermot Kavanagh
When Laurie Cunningham played for England in an under-21s match against Scotland in 1977, he becam..
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Diver's Daughter: A Tudor Story - Patrice Lawrence
A gripping heart-in-your-mouth adventure told by Eve, a Tudor girl who sets out on a dangerou..
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Don Drummond : The Genius and Tragedy of the World's Greatest Trombonist - Heather Augustyn
This is a comprehensive biography of a brilliant musician and his lover who forever shaped the cou..
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Dread Poetry and Freedom : Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution - David Austin
What is the relationship between poetry and social change? Standing at the forefront of political ..
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Dreams to Remember : Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul - Mark Ribowsky
When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941-1967) was the conscience of a n..
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Duppy Conqueror - Ferdinand Dennis
Marshall Sarjeant is born at the beginning of the 20th century in Paradise, Jamaica. As a young ma..
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Earthquake on Orange Street: Buster's Jamaican Singles Story - Jeremy Collingwood
Mind-boggling discography devoted to the Jamaican releases of Prince Buster's productions from 196..
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East of Acre Lane - Alex Wheatle, Paul Gilroy (Introduction By)
East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right th..
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Ethiopia: Power And Protest : Peasant Revolts in the Twentieth Century - Gebru Tareke
This study of popular protest and resistance in Ethiopia focuses on three important peasant-based ..
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Every Light in the House Burnin' - Andrea Levy
The remarkable, emotional debut novel, both funny and moving, which was longlisted for the Orange ..
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Face - Benjamin Zephaniah
In the moving and compelling debut novel from Benjamin Zephaniah, a young man's life is completely..
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Familiar Stranger : A Life between Two Islands - Stuart Hall
This is the story, in his own words, of the extraordinary life of Stuart Hall: writer, thinker and..
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Fanon for Beginners - Deborah Baker Wyrick
Philosopher, psychoanalyst, politician, propagandist, prophet. although difficult to categorise, F..
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Feminism, Interrupted : Disrupting Power - Lola Olufemi
Plastered over t-shirts and tote bags, the word 'feminist' has entered the mainstream and is fast ..
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Frantz Fanon : Philosopher of the Barricades - Peter Hudis
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a Caribbean and African psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary w..
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Freedom - Catherine Johnson
Winner of the Little Rebels Children's Book Award 2019!"Filled with humour, compassion and ho..
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Freedom Is A Constant Struggle : Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement - Angela Davis
In these essays, interviews and speeches, Angela Y. Davis illuminates connections between struggle..
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From Bobby To Babylon - Darcus Howe
From Bobby to Babylon, originally published in 1988, brings together a series of articles and in..
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From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz : The History of the Uk Jazz Dance Scene - Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove
FROM JAZZ FUNK & FUSION TO ACID JAZZ: The History Of The UK Jazz Dance Sceneby Mark ‘Snowboy’ ..
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Gangsta Rap - Benjamin Zephaniah
Just what do you do with talent from the wrong side of town? Benjamin Zephaniah draws on his own e..
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Gather Together In My Name - Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou's volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extr..
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Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65 - Kenny Mathieson
Giant Steps examines the most important figures in the creation of modern jazz, detailing the emer..
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Gil Scott-heron : A Father and Son Story - Leslie Gordon Goffe
Gil Scott-Heron: a father & son story, is about professional footballer, Gil Heron, who was ..
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Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair..
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Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo
This is Britain as you've never read it. This is Britain as it has never been told. From Newca..
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Go Ahead in the Rain : Notes to A Tribe Called Quest - Hanif Abdurraqib
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre..
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Grand Union - Zadie Smith
In the summer of 1959, an Antiguan immigrant in north west London lives the last day of his life, ..
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Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely writte..
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Happiness - Aminatta Forna
Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an Amer..
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Harlem 69 : The Future of Soul - Stuart Cosgrove
In 1969, among Harlem's Rabelaisian cast of characters are bandleader King Curtis, soul singers Ar..
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities - Herbie Hancock & Lisa Dickey (With)
The warmly welcomed memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time I..
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Here to Stay, Here to Fight : A Race Today Anthology - Paul Field, Robin Bunce, Leila Hassan, Margaret Peacock
From 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the e..
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Hold Tight : Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime - Jeffrey Boakye
HOLD TIGHT is the book that kick started the 'Grime Library'. Bursting into bookshops in July 2017..
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Homecoming : Voices of the Windrush Generation - Colin Grant
Homecoming draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the w..
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