{"product_id":"natives-by-akala-9781473661233","title":"Natives","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'My book of the year. It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now. This is the book I've been waiting for - for years.'\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Zephaniah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A potent combination of autobiography and political history which holds up a mirror to contemporary Britain.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A history lesson of the kind you should get in school, but don't.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful ... The kind of disruptive, aggressive intellect that a new generation is closely watching.'\u003c\/b\u003e Afua Hirsch, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Part biography, part polemic, this powerful, wide-ranging study picks apart the British myth of meritocracy.'\u003c\/b\u003e David Olusoga, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Inspiring.'\u003c\/b\u003e Madani Younis, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lucid, wide-ranging.'\u003c\/b\u003e John Kerrigan, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing modern polemic and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller from the BAFTA- and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book, he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCovering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, \u003ci\u003eNatives\u003c\/i\u003e will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Akala's singular voice speaks to us with deep wisdom about the past, righteous anger about the present, and stubborn hope about the future. He is a radical for our times.'\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Rediker, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Slave Ship: A Human History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833346019564,"sku":"9781473661233","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18749853482712.jpg?v=1758453277","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/natives-by-akala-9781473661233","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}