The illustrations and colours are vibrant and really draw the eye to want to read more about what's happening. Acknowledging this story for the first time has led to new discoveries about the objects Fitzwilliam donated, the people who collected them, and the cultures that created them. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

This exhibition explores some new stories from history – stories that help us to separate fact from fiction and history from myth. David Olusoga's thought provoking text charts the forgotten histories of Black people in Britain from Roman times right through to the present day. David is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society and sits on the Scott Trust. He presents the long-running BBC history series A House Through Time and wrote and presented the multi-award winning BBC series Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners. But Fitzwilliam’s generosity was only possible because of the wealth his grandfather accumulated in part through the transatlantic slave trade.He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester, the author of several books and a columnist for the Observer, The Voice and BBC History Magazine , also writing for the Guardian and the New Statesman . Displaying objects and artworks made in West Africa, the Caribbean, South America and Europe, this landmark exhibition also reveals the histories that have been silenced; not just stories of exploitation, but those of resilience and liberation, too.

He is the Creative Director of Uplands Television Limited, a Bristol based independent production company, through which he develops and exec-produces history and arts projects.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Love Love Love it … Contrary to the poor reviews I read through the book and a large portion of the information is readily available in many different places of historic significance and institutions throughout the UK. From Roman Africans guarding Hadrian's Wall, to an African trumpeter in the court of Henry the Eighth, Black Georgians fighting for the abolition of slavery, Black soldiers fighting for Britain in the First World War, Windrush and right up today.

David Olusoga’s thought provoking text charts the forgotten histories of Black people in Britain from Roman times right through to the present day. The Guardian it truly sings in picture book form with the history made even more vivid via a trove of old paintings, maps and photographs combined with bold artwork by Melleny Taylor and Jake Alexander. Black and British was longlisted for the Orwell Prize, shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize and won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history.

Refunds for correctly delivered and undamaged items are available within 30 days of the goods' receipt. By rethinking our connected and complex histories and looking again through the lens of contemporary art, tomorrow’s story can be one of repair, hope and freedom. By bringing together collections from across the University of Cambridge’s museums, libraries and colleges with loans from around the world, Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance asks new questions about Cambridge’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and looks at how objects and artworks have influenced history and perspectives.it truly sings in picture book form with the history made even more vivid via a trove of old paintings, maps and photographs combined with bold artwork by Melleny Taylor and Jake Alexander. Maps and portrait galleries effortlessly convey how Black and British history have been woven together since the Roman invasion.