We Were There: How Black culture and community shaped modern Britain by Lanre Bakare #joyce ISBN: 9781802063271

ISBN: 9781802063271

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We Were There: How Black culture and community shaped modern Britain by Lanre Bakare #joyce ISBN: 9781802063271This is the story of a hidden Britain. A Black Britain. One that existed outside London and forces us to reappraise what it means to be British. AN OBSERVER, GQ MAGAZINE, ESQUIRE AND INEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Rocked by economic turmoil, the rise of the National Front, heavy handed anti immigration policies and widespread civil unrest, Thatchers Britain was in tumult. And yet, all around this nation, Black creativity, community and resistance