Books & Spoken Word

Afua Hirsch – Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Date: Tuesday, Apr 24 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Waterstones Bristol Galleries
Price: £8/£6
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Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch, introduces her book Brit(ish) which offers a personal exploration of British identity, the everyday racism that plagues our society and our troubled relationship with our history.

We believe we are a nation of abolition, but forget that we are a nation of slavery. We are convinced that fairness is one of our values, but that immigration is one of our problems. How can we come to terms with our past and navigate our present? Hirsch tells the story of how and why this crisis of identity came to be, and discusses race and belonging with historian David Olusoga.

Photo credit: Francesco Guidicini

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