Black, Listed

Black British Culture Explored

By: Jeffrey Boakye

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Paperback | 3 October 2019 | Edition Number 1

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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.

PRAISE FOR BLACK, LISTED:

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

'A panoramic exploration of black identity' Elle

'Urgent, timely reading' AnOther Magazine

'Inventive, refreshing and humorous' Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other

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

Industry Reviews

Intense and compelling from the very beginning, Jeffrey Boakye bravely explores the ways in which people with darker skin are located in language . . . This book gives a voice to those whose experience is persistently defined, refined and denied by others. Boakye shows how language does not always have to be insulting, offensive or loaded, it can also be incredibly emancipatory, particularly when the black community takes ownership of the terms of prose . . . If blackness is a maze, then we must be the ones who design it. With architects like Jeffrey Boakye, I'm optimistic we can build ourselves an authentic future - Guardian

A truly radical book, which manages to be unflinching and constantly entertaining
- THE BOOKSELLER BOOK OF THE MONTH APRIL 2019

Inventive, refreshing and humorous . . . Boakye's quirky dictionary of black-related terms never fails to surprise and entertain - Bernardine Evaristo

Boakye is a witty, passionate guide in this thoughtful examination of what black culture and identity mean in Britain - iNews

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