Queenie Book Review
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Queenie is the last slice of cake you have been saving for after dinner, a long-awaited treat! The front cover image is a sketch of a young black woman, with all her braids expertly in a…
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Destined to Witness
Destined to Witness. Growing up Black in Nazi Germany Hans J. Massaquoi “None of them seemed to notice me – the living antithesis to their obsession with racial purity – as I peered into the meeting hall. Or so I…
Don’t Touch My Hair – Emma Dabiri
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri book review This book is a breath of fresh air. Even reading whilst using public transport – gives everyone a boundary warning. What makes this sweeter is that I have the pleasure of…
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
Things fall apart “I fear for young people because you do not know how strong the bond of kinship. You do not know what it is to speak with one voice” There are so many superlatives to describe this book.…
Half of a yellow sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Before reading this, I had little knowledge of the Nigerian civil war. I only understood the brutality and the number of innocent people who had suffered over dark period of the countries history. The book was written from the side…
Crongton Knights – Alex Wheatle
In order to write my book, I read a lot of non fiction to get resources and background to the subjects that I wrote about… and I’m not going to lie, that stuff hurt my head sometimes. It felt like…
Children of Virtue and Vengeance – Tomi Adeyemi
The long awaited sequel to one of my favourite reads, Children of Blood and Bone. I don’t know if it was just me, but this book felt so short! Maybe it was because I could not put it down, and…
East of Acre Lane – Alex Wheatle
“A violent oppressor only takes notes of violence, not words.” I find this quote very interesting as it represents two sides of a debate that I frequently have with friends when discussing the movement which is happening at the moment.…
SAFE: Black Men Reclaiming Space – Derek Owusu
It really grinds my gears when I hear people question if Britain is racist, or if there is ‘still’ racism in Britain? There has always been racism in Britain. Before I was alive and no doubt when I’m gone too.…
Pele
“His great secret was improvisation. He had an extraordinary perception of the game” Carlos Alberto Torres QUESTION: Who is the greatest ever footballer? Everyone has their own opinion, unfortunately I never made the list. I would’ve made it if it…