Author : Beverley Bryan,Stella Dadzie,Suzanne Scafe
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786635884
The Heart of the Race by Beverley Bryan,Stella Dadzie,Suzanne Scafe Pdf
A powerful document of the day-to-day realities of Black women in Britain The Heart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain’s history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women’s place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of education, work and health care, and the personal and political struggles they have waged to preserve a sense of identity and community. First published in 1985 and winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize that year, The Heart of the Race is a testimony to the collective experience of black women in Britain, and their relationship to the British state throughout its long history of slavery, empire and colonialism. This new edition includes a foreword by Lola Okolosie and an interview with the authors, chaired by Heidi Safia Mirza, focusing on the impact of their book since publication and its continuing relevance today