Black, Listed: Black British culture explored

Afro-Caribbean. Coloured. Ethnic minority. Immigrant. BAME. Urban. Woke. Fam. Black.

These are just some of the terms being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of twenty-first century Black identity told through a list of insults, insights and everything in between.

Taking a panoramic look at global Black history and contemporary culture, this book investigates the ways in which Black communities (and individuals) have been represented, oppressed, mimicked, celebrated and othered. Part autobiographical musing, part pop culture vivisection, it's a comprehensive attempt to make sense of blackness from the vantage point of the hilarious and insightful psyche of Jeffrey Boakye.

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Praise for Black, Listed

‘This book gives a voice to those whose experience is persistently defined, refined and denied by others’ David Lammy, Guardian

Inventive, refreshing and humorous’ Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize winner

‘A truly radical book, which manages to be unflinching and constantly entertaining’ Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller

‘As freewheeling, wry and readable as it is necessary and incendiary’ Jimi Famurewa, inews

Guardian must read books of 2019 

Financial Times books to read 2019  

New Statesman must reads 2019

The Bookseller book of the month April 2019

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