For us every month is Black History Month. However, to highlight black history during October, every week in October we are going to blog about a school Library book which we consider important in the study of black history. This week we would like to draw attention to Black and British : A Forgotten History by David Olusoga. Published in 2017 by Pan Macmillan this book, charting black British history from Roman times to the end of the 20th Century, can be found in our Upper School Library. Fittingly Olusoga has written a version for children aged 12+, Black and British: A short, essential history to be published this month. This complementary title is definitely on our wish list.
In this fascinating 'In Conversation with ... ' Afua Hirsch author of Brit (ish) On Race, Identity and Belonging, Olusoga also makes reference to Staying Power by the late Peter Fryer, another important black history title we hold in our Upper School Library.
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