African in Imperial London : The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-Labor - Danell Jones

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African in Imperial London

The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-Labor

By: Danell Jones

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Hardcover | 28 June 2018

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320 Pages

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In a world dominated by the British Empire, at a time when many Europeans considered black people inferior, African writer A. B. C. Merriman-Labor claimed his right to describe the world as he found it. During his fifteen years in London, he looked at the greatest city in the greatest empire the world had ever known and laughed.An African in Imperial London is the first biography of this extraordinary man. It describes the tragic spiral that pulled him down the social ladder from writer and barrister to munitions worker, from witty observer of the social order to patient in a state-run hospital for the poor. Danell Jones sketches a vivid portrait of the great metropolis as it writhed its way into a new century of appalling social inequity, world-transforming inventions, and unprecedented demands for civil rights. This cultural history, told through African eyes, provides scholars with a richly researched portrait of a black life in Edwardian England,and transports general readers to an intriguing world of diversity, ingenuity, and struggle.

Industry Reviews

'A must read.'
'A brilliant biography . . . [Jones] has given a vivid picture of London one hundred years ago.'
'An engaging, worthwhile biography. ... Jones uncovers the life of a historical ghost, nearly lost to the world' -- Choice
'The richness and wider implications of Merriman-Labor's life and sojourn in England come out vividly in [this] book because of Jones' careful research, analytical rigor, and lively writing.' -- Journal of African History
'Written with great verve, An African in Imperial London reconstructs the life of A.B.C. Merriman-Labor... Both he and his biographer provide a rich picture of London, particularly in his most important work... an enlightening account of what it meant to be black in the most powerful country in the world'. -- Peter Stansky
'Historical rigour, literary skill and a deep sense of humanity pervades this splendid biography which recovers from the condescension of the past the world of Augustus Merriman-Labor.' -- David Killingray
'The moving and surprising story of A.B.C. Merriman-Labor, both insider and outsider in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africa and England, is also a compelling contemporary parable about the interaction between individuals and society.' -- Edward Mendelson
Elegantly written and meticulously researched for over seven years, An African in Imperial London presents the life and times of Augustus Merriman-Labor: Sierra Leonean writer, barrister, munitions worker during the First World War, and much more besides. This is an important addition to the history of Africans in Britain.' -- Hakim Adi

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