'There were Africans in Britain before the English came here.'
In a special Black History Month episode, we are joined by David Olusoga - a broadcaster, historian and author of many award winning books, including Black and British: A Forgotten History (2017), and Civilisations: First Contact / The Cult of Progress (2018).
Celebrating the recent re-publication of Peter Fryer's Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain, we discuss questions of racism and identity; the link between the slave trade and the British Empire; and explore the book's enduring legacy in the context of Brexit and the Windrush scandal.
Staying Power was first published in 1984. The new edition, featuring a foreword by Gary Younge and a preface by Paul Gilroy, is available now from plutobooks.com as well as all good bookshops.
Decolonising the University
Choke Points
Cracks in the Wall - Pluto Live
Repeal the 8th
End Immigration Detention
International Women's Strike
Sexual Harassment from Harvey Weinstein to Higher Education
Strike!
Student Revolt
Books for Prisoners!
Voices from the 'Jungle'
Homeless in Cardiff
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