6/27/2023 0 Comments Ruins of empire akala![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE AND THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2019 As Black Lives Matter protests continue, in the US and around the world, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, we decided to revisit this interview with. Just one of our core collections of books on Trade, Empire & Migration here at the National Maritime Museum. From the archive: We revisit an interview with rapper, intellectual and writer Akala whose book, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire, debunks the British myth of meritocracy. In this unique book, he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.Ĭovering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire. Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire, is a searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala.įrom 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. ![]()
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