FID Anglo-American CultureDid you know that the UK celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth in October?
Check out the replies of this thread to find 4 new books on #BlackHistory & #LiteraryStudies & #BlackCulture in the UK, new to our collection!
Mariam Muwanga's 2025 study "Modeling the African Diaspora" contributes to the field of critical race theory, combining it with #narratology & #diasporastudies to highlight 3 new concepts in novels by Black British writers #SamSelvon #BernadineEvaristo #AndreaLevy #ZadieSmith & #DiranAdebayo
"Billy Waters Is Dancing", a #biography by Mary L. Shannon retraces the forgotten story of Black Regency sailor, who became London's most celebrated street performer & finds him & other figures of Black Regency Britain in the era's #popularculture
Fighting American slaveowners in the Anglo-American War of 1812, the "Black Redcoats" were a regiment of enslaved Black people who escaped slavery to fight under the British flag, as Matthew Taylor relates in this book
#MilitaryHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #AmericanHistory #BritishHistory
Shawn-Naphtali Sobers's 2023 book "Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative" walks us readers through a Black British family home, examining the lives, stuff & stories of Black Brits post-1950 through the lens of #MaterialCulture & various media in #CulturalHistory
