Part of a Story That Started Before Me: Poems about Black British History - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0241566991 ISBN 13: 9780241566992

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2025

Riassunto

"questa è un'antologia da contemplare, rivisitare e assaporare" - lovereading4kids "è ora che raccontiamo anche la nostra storia. La melanina parla da sola." - george the poetpart of a story that started before me è una straordinaria nuova raccolta di poesie scelte dall'acclamato artista di spoken word e commentatore sociale george the poet. Portando i lettori in un viaggio poetico stimolante attraverso la storia britannica nera, l'antologia riunisce alcuni dei più entusiasmanti maestri di parole provenienti da tutta la diaspora e affascinanti note epoca per epoca della storica dott. Ssa christienna fryar.dagli africani nella britannia romana al primo attore nero a interpretare otello sul palco, dalla visita di malcolm x alle west midlands alla messa in luce di un organizzatore del primo gay pride del regno unito, questa importante raccolta rivela persone ed eventi non soleggiati del nostro passato per riconoscere l'impatto intrinseco che hanno avuto sulla gran bretagna di oggi. Con: abi simms, adesayo talabi, aflo. Il poeta, amina jama, anu balofin, ashley hickson-lovence, becksy becks, benjamin zephaniah, bridget minamore, cara thompson, casey bailey, deanna rodger, derek walcott, dorothea smartt, dzifa benson, edward kamau brathwaite, eno mfon, evan the poet, fred d'aguiar, fulaani onda 3s, george the poet, grace nichols, henry stone, highwater ell aka elliott henry, ife grillo, inua ellams, irenosen okojie, isaiah hull, jade lb, jeffrey boakye, jenny mitchell, jeremiah brown, john agard, joseph coelho, jude yawson, kat francois, keith jarrett, kelechi okafor, m. Nourbe se philip, malika booker, michael groce, miles chambers, muneera pellegrino, nick makoha, nii ayikwei parkes, nile faure-bryan, olaudah equiano, olivette otele, patience agbabi, peter degraft-johnson alias the repeat beat poet, phillis wheatley, priss nash, rakaya fetuga, raymond antrobus, reece williams, safiya kamaria kinshasha, samuel king, sophia thakur, stretch the top boy, thembe mvula, theresa lola, tré ventour, vanessa kisuule, wretch 32 e zena edwards.

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George the Poet (Anthology Editor)
George the Poet is a London-born spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage. His innovative brand of musical poetry has won him critical acclaim both as a recording artist and social commentator and has seen his work broadcast to billions of people worldwide. In the summer of 2018, he opened the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with his poem 'The Beauty of Union', and in 2019, his audio offering 'Have You Heard George's Podcast?' won a prestigious Peabody Award and 5 Gold British Podcast Awards, including the highly-coveted Podcast of the Year. The podcast was described by BBC R4 as "a story that could change the world". In 2021 George launched chapter 3 of the podcast, and is embarking on a PhD.

Christienna Fryar (Contributor)
Christienna Fryar is a writer and historian. Formerly a lecturer in Black British History at Goldsmiths, University of London, she works as a historical consultant, including bespoke curriculum development for primary schools and secondary schools. An BBC Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker, she writes for the Observer and London Review of Books, among others, and appears regularly on TV and radio. She is a trustee of the Black Cultural Archives and the Tudor Trust, and a member of the Church Commissioners Oversight Group, a group that advises the Church Commissioners as it responds to its historic links with African chattel enslavement.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0241566991
• ISBN 13: 9780241566992
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1
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