https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SVL(BHM)&QRYTEXT=Books%20for%20Black%20History%20Month&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=470217&CF=BIB 'Who's Loving You' is a collection of short stories celebrating desire and love in all its guises, written by and reflecting the experiences of women of colour in an authentic way. 'Who's Loving You' is a collection of short stories celebrating desire and love in all its guises, written by and reflecting the experiences of women of colour in an authentic way.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Trapeze, 2021.<br />328 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - FICTION SS - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - 100021036127<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=509733&CF=BIB On 13th June 2020, Patrick Hutchinson, a black man, was photographed carrying a white injured man to safety during a confrontation in London between Black Lives Matter demonstrators and counter-protestors. The image went viral and quickly travelled around the world with Patrick being widely praised for his actions. In the press interviews that followed Patrick revealed a simple philosophy for his own personal beliefs on racism and why he had responded in the way he had. 'It's not black versus white, it's everyone versus the racists', he said. In this poignant letter to his children, Patrick writes from the heart and shares the realities of life as a black man in Britain today. On 13th June 2020, Patrick Hutchinson, a black man, was photographed carrying a white injured man to safety during a confrontation in London between Black Lives Matter demonstrators and counter-protestors. The image went viral and quickly travelled around the world with Patrick being widely praised for his actions. In the press interviews that followed Patrick revealed a simple philosophy for his own personal beliefs on racism and why he had responded in the way he had. 'It's not black versus white, it's everyone versus the racists', he said. In this poignant letter to his children, Patrick writes from the heart and shares the realities of life as a black man in Britain today.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hutchinson, Patrick<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.<br />247 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 305.80092 - Available - 100021031486<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=516669&CF=BIB David Olusoga's 'Black and British' is a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa. Drawing on new genetic and genealogical research, original records, expert testimony and contemporary interviews, 'Black and British' reaches back to Roman Britain, the medieval imagination and Shakespeare's 'Othello'. Unflinching, confronting taboos and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how black and white Britons have been intimately entwined for centuries. David Olusoga's 'Black and British' is a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa. Drawing on new genetic and genealogical research, original records, expert testimony and contemporary interviews, 'Black and British' reaches back to Roman Britain, the medieval imagination and Shakespeare's 'Othello'. Unflinching, confronting taboos and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how black and white Britons have been intimately entwined for centuries.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Olusoga, David<br />[New edition].<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Picador, 2021.<br />xxiv, 612 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hobs Moat - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 305.896041 - Black writers - Available - 100021111641<br />Knowle - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 305.896041 - Black writers - Available - 10002111229X<br />Olton - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 305.896041 - Black writers - Available - 100021113237<br />Shirley - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 305.896041 - Black writers - Available - 100021109868<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=534396&CF=BIB The authors of 'Slay in Your Lane', Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, ask black British female writers to focus on what happens next? - what does the future hold in the uncertain post-Brexit world of Donald Trump and the rise of the far right, where there is also more opportunity for black woman to thrive than there has ever been before? The authors of 'Slay in Your Lane', Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, ask black British female writers to focus on what happens next? - what does the future hold in the uncertain post-Brexit world of Donald Trump and the rise of the far right, where there is also more opportunity for black woman to thrive than there has ever been before?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : 4th Estate, 2021.<br />255 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 820.80896041 - Available - 100021041007<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=556680&CF=BIB In the city of Enugu in the 1970s, young Nwabulu dreams of becoming a typist as she endures the endless chores she is tasked with by her employers. She's been a housemaid since the age of ten, but she is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich man's son. Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewellery love-struck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife. When, years later, dramatic events straight out of a movie force Nwabulu and Julie into a dank room, the two women relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate. In the city of Enugu in the 1970s, young Nwabulu dreams of becoming a typist as she endures the endless chores she is tasked with by her employers. She's been a housemaid since the age of ten, but she is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich man's son. Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewellery love-struck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife. When, years later, dramatic events straight out of a movie force Nwabulu and Julie into a dank room, the two women relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Cheluchi, 1978-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Europa Editions, 2021.<br />304 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Black writers - Available - 100021039525<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=604100&CF=BIB Smart, headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by the absence of the mother she has never known. At once epic and deeply personal, 'The First Woman' is the bold and piercing story of one young girl's discovery of what it means to be a woman in a family, a community and a country that seem determined to silence her. Smart, headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by the absence of the mother she has never known. At once epic and deeply personal, 'The First Woman' is the bold and piercing story of one young girl's discovery of what it means to be a woman in a family, a community and a country that seem determined to silence her.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Oneworld, 2021.<br />437 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Knowle - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Available - 100021063272<br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Black writers - Available - 100021063264<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=618651&CF=BIB Patrick Vernon's landmark '100 Great Black Britons' campaign of 2003 was one of the most successful movements to focus on the role of people of African and Caribbean descent in British history. Frustrated by the widespread and continuing exclusion of the black British community from the mainstream popular conception of 'Britishness', despite black people having lived in Britain for over a thousand years, Vernon set up a public poll in which anyone could vote for the black Briton they most admired. The response to this campaign was incredible. As a result, a number of black historical figures were included on the national school curriculum and had statues and memorials erected and blue plaques put up in their honour. Now, with this book, Vernon and Osborne have relaunched the campaign with an updated list of names and accompanying portraits. Patrick Vernon's landmark '100 Great Black Britons' campaign of 2003 was one of the most successful movements to focus on the role of people of African and Caribbean descent in British history. Frustrated by the widespread and continuing exclusion of the black British community from the mainstream popular conception of 'Britishness', despite black people having lived in Britain for over a thousand years, Vernon set up a public poll in which anyone could vote for the black Briton they most admired. The response to this campaign was incredible. As a result, a number of black historical figures were included on the national school curriculum and had statues and memorials erected and blue plaques put up in their honour. Now, with this book, Vernon and Osborne have relaunched the campaign with an updated list of names and accompanying portraits.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Vernon, Patrick<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Robinson, 2021.<br />xxiv, 440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Balsall Common - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.00496 - Black writers - Available - 10002111425X<br />Castle Bromwich - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.00496 - Onloan - Due: 13 May 2024 - 100021066891<br />Kingshurst - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.00496 - Black writers - Available - 100021115930<br />Knowle - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.00496 - Available - 100021066158<br />Marston Green - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.00496 - Available - 100021077133<br />Shirley - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.00496 - Black writers - Available - 100021115779<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=640541&CF=BIB When did Africans first come to Britain? Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings? Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution? These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history: from the Roman Africans who guarded Hadrian's Wall right up to the present day. When did Africans first come to Britain? Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings? Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution? These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history: from the Roman Africans who guarded Hadrian's Wall right up to the present day.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Olusoga, David<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2021.<br />74 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 31 cm<br /><br />Meriden - (Solihull) - Child non-fiction - J305.89 - Available - 100021092752<br />Olton - (Solihull) - Child non-fiction - J305.89 - Available - 100021088763<br />Shirley - (Solihull) - Child non-fiction - J305.89 - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 100021088984<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=281882&CF=BIB Few people watch sport for its politics. Yet what happens on the field of play often reflects the problems in our society. Such was the case in the eighties, when black footballers emerged from the dressing room to find bananas being hurled from the stands, and racially motivated attacks and police harassment were the norm. Today, things have improved. Crowds are less hostile and stars like Anthony Joshua and Sir Mohamed Farah are among our most revered sporting heroes. But for athletes of colour, success on the field seldom converts to power away from it. Prejudice and abuse may be less overt, but they remain - often in front of our eyes. The same can be said of British society: things are better, yet we continue to be in denial of racism. This book is a personal exploration of the complexities and biases implicit in being black in Britain, told through the prism of sport. Few people watch sport for its politics. Yet what happens on the field of play often reflects the problems in our society. Such was the case in the eighties, when black footballers emerged from the dressing room to find bananas being hurled from the stands, and racially motivated attacks and police harassment were the norm. Today, things have improved. Crowds are less hostile and stars like Anthony Joshua and Sir Mohamed Farah are among our most revered sporting heroes. But for athletes of colour, success on the field seldom converts to power away from it. Prejudice and abuse may be less overt, but they remain - often in front of our eyes. The same can be said of British society: things are better, yet we continue to be in denial of racism. This book is a personal exploration of the complexities and biases implicit in being black in Britain, told through the prism of sport.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bardowell, Derek A.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Mudlark, 2020.<br />326 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 306.4830941 - Available - 100021039800<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=284582&CF=BIB Over a series of wry, informed chapters, Emma Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, Black Power and on to today's Natural Hair Movement, the Cultural Appropriation Wars and beyond. We look at everything from hair capitalists like Madam C.J. Walker in the early 1900s to the rise of Shea Moisture today, from women's solidarity and friendship to 'black people time', forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids. 'Don't Touch My Hair' proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation. Over a series of wry, informed chapters, Emma Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, Black Power and on to today's Natural Hair Movement, the Cultural Appropriation Wars and beyond. We look at everything from hair capitalists like Madam C.J. Walker in the early 1900s to the rise of Shea Moisture today, from women's solidarity and friendship to 'black people time', forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids. 'Don't Touch My Hair' proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dabiri, Emma<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Penguin Books, 2020.<br />243 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 391.508996 - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 10002103809X<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=322382&CF=BIB What is the experience of black men in Britain? With continued conversation around British identity, racism and diversity, there is no better time to explore this question and give black British men a platform to answer it. This title is that platform. Including essays from top poets, writers, musicians, actors and journalists, this timely and accessible book brings together a selection of powerful reflections exploring the black British male experience and what it really means to reclaim and hold space in the landscape of our society. What is the experience of black men in Britain? With continued conversation around British identity, racism and diversity, there is no better time to explore this question and give black British men a platform to answer it. This title is that platform. Including essays from top poets, writers, musicians, actors and journalists, this timely and accessible book brings together a selection of powerful reflections exploring the black British male experience and what it really means to reclaim and hold space in the landscape of our society.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Trapeze, 2020.<br />221 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 305.38896041 - Available - 100021040264<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=325510&CF=BIB Patrick Vernon's landmark '100 Great Black Britons' campaign of 2003 was one of the most successful movements to focus on the role of people of African and Caribbean descent in British history. Frustrated by the widespread and continuing exclusion of the black British community from the mainstream popular conception of 'Britishness', despite black people having lived in Britain for over a thousand years, Vernon set up a public poll in which anyone could vote for the black Briton they most admired. The response to this campaign was incredible. As a result, a number of black historical figures were included on the national school curriculum and had statues and memorials erected and blue plaques put up in their honour. Now, with this book, Vernon and Osborne have relaunched the campaign with an updated list of names and accompanying portraits. Patrick Vernon's landmark '100 Great Black Britons' campaign of 2003 was one of the most successful movements to focus on the role of people of African and Caribbean descent in British history. Frustrated by the widespread and continuing exclusion of the black British community from the mainstream popular conception of 'Britishness', despite black people having lived in Britain for over a thousand years, Vernon set up a public poll in which anyone could vote for the black Briton they most admired. The response to this campaign was incredible. As a result, a number of black historical figures were included on the national school curriculum and had statues and memorials erected and blue plaques put up in their honour. Now, with this book, Vernon and Osborne have relaunched the campaign with an updated list of names and accompanying portraits.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Vernon, Patrick<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Robinson, 2020.<br />xxiv, 440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.00496 - Available - 100021040299<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=334681&CF=BIB 'The Lamplighter' by Jackie Kay is a groundbreaking lyrical drama that explores the heart of British slave trade through the experiences of four unforgettable women. 'The Lamplighter' by Jackie Kay is a groundbreaking lyrical drama that explores the heart of British slave trade through the experiences of four unforgettable women.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kay, Jackie, 1961-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Picador, 2020.<br />96 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 822.92 - Currently in a display (Set: 19 May 2022) - 100021062993<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=432688&CF=BIB In three global conflicts and countless colonial campaigns, tens of thousands of black West Indian soldiers fought and died for Britain, first as slaves and then as volunteers. These all but forgotten regiments were unique because they were part of the British Army rather than colonial formations. All were stepchild units, despised by an army loath to number black soldiers in its ranks, and yet unable to do without them; their courage, endurance and loyalty were repaid with bigotry and abuse. This is a saga of war, bondage, hardship, mutiny, forlorn outposts and remarkable fortitude. In three global conflicts and countless colonial campaigns, tens of thousands of black West Indian soldiers fought and died for Britain, first as slaves and then as volunteers. These all but forgotten regiments were unique because they were part of the British Army rather than colonial formations. All were stepchild units, despised by an army loath to number black soldiers in its ranks, and yet unable to do without them; their courage, endurance and loyalty were repaid with bigotry and abuse. This is a saga of war, bondage, hardship, mutiny, forlorn outposts and remarkable fortitude.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Renfrew, Barry<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2020.<br />255 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 355.308969729 - Available - 100021040272<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=446017&CF=BIB 'I glanced around the courtroom, quickly at first and then repeated it. Slower this time, taking in the details of everyone's faces. I began to play the game I'd played my whole life: spot the black person. Of course, I wish it didn't matter what I looked like or where I came from, but it was obvious that no one there looked like me.' Alexandra is 25, mixed-race and from Essex. As a trainee criminal and family law barrister, she finds herself navigating a world and a set of rules designed by a privileged few. This is her story. We follow Alexandra through a criminal justice system still divided by race and class. We hear about the life-changing events that motivated her to practice law, beginning with the murder of a close family friend and her own experiences of knife crime. 'I glanced around the courtroom, quickly at first and then repeated it. Slower this time, taking in the details of everyone's faces. I began to play the game I'd played my whole life: spot the black person. Of course, I wish it didn't matter what I looked like or where I came from, but it was obvious that no one there looked like me.' Alexandra is 25, mixed-race and from Essex. As a trainee criminal and family law barrister, she finds herself navigating a world and a set of rules designed by a privileged few. This is her story. We follow Alexandra through a criminal justice system still divided by race and class. We hear about the life-changing events that motivated her to practice law, beginning with the murder of a close family friend and her own experiences of knife crime.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wilson, Alexandra<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Endeavour, 2020.<br />ix, 262 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 340.092 - Available - 100021040337<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=448580&CF=BIB After a bad break up, 25-year-old Osayuki Idahosa leaves behind everything she holds dear in London to return to Lagos, Nigeria: a country she hasn't set foot in for many years. Drawn by the transformations happening in the fashion industry in the city, she accepts a job at House of Martha as their Head of PR. While waiting at Milan airport for her connecting flight to Lagos, she meets Cynthia Okoye and Kian Bajo, a wanna-be Afrobeat star. After the plane lands at the Lagos airport, they all go their separate ways but their lives will intertwine again and change the course of Osayuki's life forever. After a bad break up, 25-year-old Osayuki Idahosa leaves behind everything she holds dear in London to return to Lagos, Nigeria: a country she hasn't set foot in for many years. Drawn by the transformations happening in the fashion industry in the city, she accepts a job at House of Martha as their Head of PR. While waiting at Milan airport for her connecting flight to Lagos, she meets Cynthia Okoye and Kian Bajo, a wanna-be Afrobeat star. After the plane lands at the Lagos airport, they all go their separate ways but their lives will intertwine again and change the course of Osayuki's life forever.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Okoh, Elizabeth<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2020.<br />288 pages ; 25 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Available - 100021039495<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=617994&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Abraham,Tola Rotimi<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Canongate 2020<br />288<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Black writers - Available - 100021038707<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=273444&CF=BIB With over 20 first-hand accounts from men, women, and children of Windrush, this work sheds light on the true impact of one of the most disastrous and damaging scandals in recent memory, and gives a platform to those most affected - those whose voices have yet to be truly heard. Their stories provide intimate, personal and moving perspective on what it means to be black in Britain today, and the heartache the 'hostile environment policy' our government has created has meant for those who have called this country home for half a century and more. With over 20 first-hand accounts from men, women, and children of Windrush, this work sheds light on the true impact of one of the most disastrous and damaging scandals in recent memory, and gives a platform to those most affected - those whose voices have yet to be truly heard. Their stories provide intimate, personal and moving perspective on what it means to be black in Britain today, and the heartache the 'hostile environment policy' our government has created has meant for those who have called this country home for half a century and more.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Matthews, David, 1967-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : 535, 2020.<br />xiii, 241 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 305.896972904 - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - 100021289726<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=335427&CF=BIB When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience bore little resemblance to the glossy magazine photos of women in horizontal stripe tops and the pinned discussions on mumsnet about what pushchair to buy. Leafing through the piles of prenatal paraphernalia, she found herself wondering: 'Where are all the black mothers?'. Candice started blogging about motherhood in 2016 after making the simple but powerful observation that the way motherhood is portrayed in the British media is wholly unrepresentative of our society at large. The result is this thought-provoking, urgent and inspirational guide to life as a black mother. When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience bore little resemblance to the glossy magazine photos of women in horizontal stripe tops and the pinned discussions on mumsnet about what pushchair to buy. Leafing through the piles of prenatal paraphernalia, she found herself wondering: 'Where are all the black mothers?'. Candice started blogging about motherhood in 2016 after making the simple but powerful observation that the way motherhood is portrayed in the British media is wholly unrepresentative of our society at large. The result is this thought-provoking, urgent and inspirational guide to life as a black mother.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brathwaite, Candice<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Quercus, 2020.<br />232 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 306.8743089 - Available - 10002103986X<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=341829&CF=BIB James Vincent, born in 1942, escapes his parents' turbulent marriage and attends law school in New York, where he moves up the social ladder as a promising young attorney. Meanwhile, Agnes Miller, a beautiful black woman on date with a handsome suitor, is pulled over by the police on a rural road in Georgia. The terrible moments that follow make her question her future and pivot her into a hasty marriage and new life in the Bronx. Illuminating more than six decades of sweeping change - from the struggle for civil rights to Obama's first year as President - James and Agnes's families will come together in unexpected, intimate and profoundly human ways. James Vincent, born in 1942, escapes his parents' turbulent marriage and attends law school in New York, where he moves up the social ladder as a promising young attorney. Meanwhile, Agnes Miller, a beautiful black woman on date with a handsome suitor, is pulled over by the police on a rural road in Georgia. The terrible moments that follow make her question her future and pivot her into a hasty marriage and new life in the Bronx. Illuminating more than six decades of sweeping change - from the struggle for civil rights to Obama's first year as President - James and Agnes's families will come together in unexpected, intimate and profoundly human ways.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Porter, Regina<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2020.<br />303 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Black writers - Available - 10002103955X<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=342864&CF=BIB For Patsy, a visa to America is her ticket to freedom, a passport to the 'land of opportunity'. She yearns to be reunited with Cicely, her oldest friend and secret lover, but her plans do not include her religious mother or even her young daughter, Tru. As Patsy struggles to survive as an undocumented migrant, Tru grapples with her own questions of identity and sexuality. Can she ever understand, or even forgive, her mother's decision to leave? For Patsy, a visa to America is her ticket to freedom, a passport to the 'land of opportunity'. She yearns to be reunited with Cicely, her oldest friend and secret lover, but her plans do not include her religious mother or even her young daughter, Tru. As Patsy struggles to survive as an undocumented migrant, Tru grapples with her own questions of identity and sexuality. Can she ever understand, or even forgive, her mother's decision to leave?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dennis-Benn, Nicole<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Oneworld, 2020.<br />426 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Black writers - Available - 100021038960<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=342896&CF=BIB 'Manchester Happened' is a masterful collection of short stories by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, whose debut novel Kintu was published to great acclaim earlier this year. Set in Manchester and Kampala, the stories form a moving and powerful work about the experience of immigration and about how we treat each other as human beings, and makes an important contribution to one of the most pressing societal and political issues of the day. 'Manchester Happened' is a masterful collection of short stories by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, whose debut novel Kintu was published to great acclaim earlier this year. Set in Manchester and Kampala, the stories form a moving and powerful work about the experience of immigration and about how we treat each other as human beings, and makes an important contribution to one of the most pressing societal and political issues of the day.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Oneworld, 2020.<br />320 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - FICTION SS - Black writers - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - 100021039401<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=342916&CF=BIB We might think that we treat all people equally, but we don't. Every day, unconscious biases affect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behaviour in ways that are subtle and very difficult to recognise without in-depth scientific studies. Unconscious biases can be small and insignificant, but they affect every sector of society, leading to enormous disparities, from the classroom to the courtroom to the boardroom. But unconscious bias is not a sin to be cured, but a universal human condition, and one that can be overcome. Pioneering social psychologist Professor Jennifer Eberhardt explains how. We might think that we treat all people equally, but we don't. Every day, unconscious biases affect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behaviour in ways that are subtle and very difficult to recognise without in-depth scientific studies. Unconscious biases can be small and insignificant, but they affect every sector of society, leading to enormous disparities, from the classroom to the courtroom to the boardroom. But unconscious bias is not a sin to be cured, but a universal human condition, and one that can be overcome. Pioneering social psychologist Professor Jennifer Eberhardt explains how.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Eberhardt, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lynn)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Windmill Books, 2020.<br />348 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 305.8 - In-transit from Shirley to The Core (Set: 16 Nov 2021) - 10002103812X<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=343379&CF=BIB Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice. Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Washington, Bryan, 1993-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Atlantic Books, 2020.<br />240 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - FICTION SS - Black writers - Available - 100021039681<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=343906&CF=BIB At the age of 17, after a childhood in a fostered family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his real name was not Norman. It was Lemn Sissay. He was British and Ethiopian. And he learned that his mother had been pleading for his safe return to her since his birth. This is Lemn's story; a story of neglect and determination, misfortune and hope, cruelty and triumph. Sissay reflects on a childhood in care, self-expression, and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family, and the meaning of home. At the age of 17, after a childhood in a fostered family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his real name was not Norman. It was Lemn Sissay. He was British and Ethiopian. And he learned that his mother had been pleading for his safe return to her since his birth. This is Lemn's story; a story of neglect and determination, misfortune and hope, cruelty and triumph. Sissay reflects on a childhood in care, self-expression, and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family, and the meaning of home.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sissay, Lemn, 1968-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Edinburgh : Canongate, 2020.<br />212 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - B SISS - Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 - 100021038561<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=353272&CF=BIB Jack and Toni, childhood schoolmates living in the Solomon Islands, set out on a routine boat trip to a neighboring island. Things go awry when they discover, due to an oversight by Toni, that they do not have enough fuel to make the journey and are stranded at sea. Optimistic at first that they will soon be rescued, they slowly begin to realize, as the first day draws to an end, that they are in serious jeopardy with no end but their own demise in sight. Based on a true story as the days lengthen at sea, we are gifted with a vision of the beauty of the Solomon Islands and the environmental debt they are owed by the world after decades of overfishing, logging and now rising sea levels due to global warming. Jack and Toni, childhood schoolmates living in the Solomon Islands, set out on a routine boat trip to a neighboring island. Things go awry when they discover, due to an oversight by Toni, that they do not have enough fuel to make the journey and are stranded at sea. Optimistic at first that they will soon be rescued, they slowly begin to realize, as the first day draws to an end, that they are in serious jeopardy with no end but their own demise in sight. Based on a true story as the days lengthen at sea, we are gifted with a vision of the beauty of the Solomon Islands and the environmental debt they are owed by the world after decades of overfishing, logging and now rising sea levels due to global warming.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sorga-Millwood, Berni<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jacaranda, 2020.<br />411 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Twenty in 2020<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Black writers - Available - 100021039614<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=353279&CF=BIB Ren is an Afro-Brazilian filmmaker recovering from an affair of betrayals, while Kayla is a Black British artist and journalist. Thrown together during an interview for Ren's latest film, they are struck by an irrevocable force. Ren is an Afro-Brazilian filmmaker recovering from an affair of betrayals, while Kayla is a Black British artist and journalist. Thrown together during an interview for Ren's latest film, they are struck by an irrevocable force.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Domingo, Sareeta<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jacaranda, 2020.<br />403 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Twenty in 2020<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Black writers - Available - 100021038979<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=374450&CF=BIB When Colin Grant was growing up in Luton in the 1960s, he learned not to ask his Jamaican parents why they had emigrated to Britain. 'We're here because we're here', his father would say, 'You have some place else to go?'. But now, seventy years after the arrival of ships such as the Windrush, this generation of pioneers are ready to tell their stories. 'Homecoming' draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. When Colin Grant was growing up in Luton in the 1960s, he learned not to ask his Jamaican parents why they had emigrated to Britain. 'We're here because we're here', his father would say, 'You have some place else to go?'. But now, seventy years after the arrival of ships such as the Windrush, this generation of pioneers are ready to tell their stories. 'Homecoming' draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Grant, Colin, 1961-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2020.<br />309 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Balsall Common - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.004969729009 (History) - Black writers - Available - 100021114233<br />Chelmsley Wood - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.004969729009 - Black writers - Available - 100021110769<br />Marston Green - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.004969729009 - Black writers - Available - 100021112907<br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult non-fiction - 941.004969729 - Available - 100021040051<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=386904&CF=BIB A dazzling debut novel, with echoes of 'Homegoing' and 'Beloved', that sweeps across eras and generations, bridging the American Civil War, to tell the story of a mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing - and the conjuring of curses. A dazzling debut novel, with echoes of 'Homegoing' and 'Beloved', that sweeps across eras and generations, bridging the American Civil War, to tell the story of a mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing - and the conjuring of curses.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Atakora, Afia<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : 4th Estate, 2020.<br />395 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - FICTION H - Black writers - Available - 100021038715<br /> https://solihull.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=404528&CF=BIB Smart, headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by the absence of the mother she has never known. At once epic and deeply personal, 'The First Woman' is the bold and piercing story of one young girl's discovery of what it means to be a woman in a family, a community and a country that seem determined to silence her. Smart, headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by the absence of the mother she has never known. At once epic and deeply personal, 'The First Woman' is the bold and piercing story of one young girl's discovery of what it means to be a woman in a family, a community and a country that seem determined to silence her.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Oneworld, 2020.<br />437 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />The Core - (Solihull) - Adult fiction - Black writers - Available - 100021034353<br />