Reviews tagging 'War'

Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga

4 reviews

readingelli's review

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

Brilliantly researched, very informative and well written for a lay audience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Racism, Colonisation, Murder, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: War and Death

wetsokcs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Genocide, Deportation, War, Torture, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Slavery, Racism, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

aliceintheuk4's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Wow. Just wow. David Olusoga has taken such an expansive and important topic and really done it justice in under 600 pages. Having watched ‘A House Through Time’ I knew he had a beautiful way of narrating the past, but this book is something else. Utterly heartbreaking, eye opening even for someone like me who considers themselves quite aware of Britain’s racist and downright evil history, Black and British is a must read for any Brit, regardless of beliefs. Such an important book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Racism, War, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Murder, Rape, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Racism, and Racial slurs