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  • By: DK
  • Narrated by: Dede Davi
  • Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)
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Summary

An accessible guide to the key milestones in Black history, culture and society across the globe - from the ancient world to the present.

Discover the rich and complex history of the peoples of Africa, and the struggles and triumphs of Black cultures and communities around the world.

With profiles of key people, movements and events, The Black History Book brings together accounts of the most significant ideas and milestones in Black history and culture. This vital and thought-provoking audiobook presents a bold and accessible overview of the history of the African continent and its peoples - from the earliest human migrations to modern Black communities and the African diaspora.

The Black History Book brings to life the stories of the early kingdoms of ancient Egypt, Nubia and Carthage; the powerful empires of the Medieval and Early Modern eras; and the struggle against European colonizers. Black history and culture beyond the African continent is also explored in detail - including the Atlantic Slave Trade; the quilombos (slave resistance camps) of Brazil; the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age; the 'Windrush' migration; Civil Rights and Black feminist movements; and Black Lives Matter.

The Black History Book examines the achievements and struggles of Black communities across the world up to the modern day, as well as the influence of Black cultures on art, literature and music the world over.

Contributor: David Olusoga is a British Nigerian historian, broadcaster and filmmaker. His most recent TV series include Empire (BBC 2), Black and British: A Forgotten History (BBC 2) and the BAFTA Award-winning Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners (BBC 2). David is also the author of Black and British: A Forgotten History, which was awarded both the Longman-History Today Trustees' Award and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. He writes for The Guardian and is a columnist for The Observer and BBC History Magazine.

©2021 Dorling Kindersley Ltd (P)2021 DK Audio
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  • Categories: History

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Great broad understanding

I liked this, it was a great and broad not in depth transmission of knowledge, at time a little confusing, due to the often references without explanation as to why said reference has and was being made.

Overall I'm very happy and now have a greater understanding as to my heritage, and why some countries still have very racist areas.

Lots of things. ake much more sense after my first listen, I'll certainly give it more airtime, and have already recomended it to my children and. any others.

Much of this should be taught in schools across the globe, it would help people be nicer to one another.

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Very dry and hard to listen to

This book has some great facts in it but fails to pack them into a story, spends a long time just listing things that happened and wildly jumping times frames, disappointed as I wanted to learn about some amazing people but book doesn’t seem to cover them.

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Not suitable for audio

This is clearly a book to be read. Flow is so important for an audiobook and the structure of this book makes it infuriating to read. It is a great shame as the content is good and I intend to read the physical book instead.

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Speed of reader

Reader needs to slow down in order to keep her audience engaged fully in the book

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