![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The kind of disruptive, aggressive intellect that a new generation is closely watching' Afua Hirsch, Guardian 'Part biography, part polemic, this powerful, wide-ranging study picks apart the British myth of meritocracy' David Olusoga, Guardian'Inspiring' Madani Younis, Observer'lucid, wide-ranging' John Kerrigan, TLSA searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA- and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala.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. endent'A history lesson of the kind you should get in school, but don't' Stylist'Powerful. This is the book I've been waiting for - for years' Benjamin Zephaniah'A potent combination of autobiography and political history which holds up a mirror to contemporary Britain' Indep. It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now. Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times Bestseller ![]()
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