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The heart of the race : Black women's lives in Britain / Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe ; foreword by Lola Okolosie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Verso, 2018.Description: xiii, 285 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781786635860
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.48/896041 23
LOC classification:
  • DA125.N4 B78 2018
Summary: Heart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain's history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women's place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of education, work and health care, and the personal and political struggles they have waged to preserve a sense of identity and community. First published in 1985 and winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize that year, Heart of the Race is a testimony to the collective experience of black women in Britain, and their relationship to the British slate throughout its long history of slavery, empire and colonialism. This new edition includes a foreword by Lola Okolosie and an interview with the authors, chaired by Heidi Safia Mirza, focusing on the impact of their book since publication and it continuing relevance today--back cover.

First published: London : Virago, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.

Heart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain's history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women's place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of education, work and health care, and the personal and political struggles they have waged to preserve a sense of identity and community. First published in 1985 and winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize that year, Heart of the Race is a testimony to the collective experience of black women in Britain, and their relationship to the British slate throughout its long history of slavery, empire and colonialism. This new edition includes a foreword by Lola Okolosie and an interview with the authors, chaired by Heidi Safia Mirza, focusing on the impact of their book since publication and it continuing relevance today--back cover.