Part of a Story That Started Before Me (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK, 2023
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Hardcover. Award-winning spoken word artist, George the Poet, curates this incredible new anthology of poems exploring unsung people, moments and events from Black British history.Award-winning spoken word artist, George The Poet, brings together this exciting, timely and thought-provoking collection of poems by established and new wordsmiths from across the diaspora, exploring people and moments from Black British history. With so much of black British history remaining buried, this collection brilliantly uses poetry to link us to the past and allow us to look forward to the future.Featuring- Abi Simms, Adesayo Talabi, AFLO. the poet, Amina Jama, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Benjamin Zephaniah, Bridget Minamore, Cara Thompson, Casey Bailey, Derek Walcott, Dorothea Smartt, Eno Mfon, Evan the poet, Fred D'Aguiar, Grace Nichols, George The Poet, Henry Stone, Ife Grillo, Inua Ellams, Irenosen Okojie, Isaiah Hull, Jade LB, Jeffrey Boakye, Jenny Mitchell, Jeremiah Brown, John Agard, Joseph Coelho, Jude Yawson, Kat Fran ois, Keith Jarrett, Kelechi Okafor, Khalid El Sheik, M. NourbeSe Philip, Malika Booker, Michael Groce, Miles Chambers, Muneera Pilgrim, Nick Makoha, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Nile Faure-Bryan, Phillis Wheatley, Priss Nash, Olaudah Equino, Olivette Otele & Stretch the Top Boy, Rakaya Fetuga, Raymond Antrobus, Reece Williams, The Repeat Beat Poet, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, Samuel King, Sophia Thakur, Thembe Mvula, Theresa Lola, Tre Ventour, Vanessa Kisuule, Wretch 32 and Zena Edwards. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Part of a Story That Started Before Me (Hardcover)
- Author
- George the Poet
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0241566991
- ISBN 13
- 9780241566992
LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024.
"This is an anthology to contemplate, revisit and relish" - LoveReading4Kids
'It's time we told our story too. The melanin speaks for itself.' - George the Poet
Part of a Story That Started Before Me is an extraordinary new collection of poems chosen by acclaimed spoken-word performer and social commentator George the Poet.
Taking readers on a thought-provoking poetical journey through Black British history, the anthology brings together some of the most exciting wordsmiths from across the diaspora and fascinating era-by-era notes from historian Dr Christienna Fryar.
From Africans in Roman Britannia to the first Black actor to play Othello on stage, from Malcolm X's visit to the West Midlands to highlighting an organizer of the UK's first Gay Pride, this important collection reveals unsung people and events from our past to recognize the intrinsic impact they've had on Britain today.
Featuring: Abi Simms, Adesayo Talabi, AFLO. the poet, Amina Jama, Anu Balofin, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Becksy Becks, Benjamin Zephaniah, Bridget Minamore, Cara Thompson, Casey Bailey, Deanna Rodger, Derek Walcott, Dorothea Smartt, Dzifa Benson, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Eno Mfon, Evan the Poet, Fred D'Aguiar, FULAANI onda 3s, George The Poet, Grace Nichols, Henry Stone, Highwater Ell aka Elliott Henry, Ife Grillo, Inua Ellams, Irenosen Okojie, Isaiah Hull, Jade LB, Jeffrey Boakye, Jenny Mitchell, Jeremiah Brown, John Agard, Joseph Coelho, Jude Yawson, Kat Francois, Keith Jarrett, Kelechi Okafor, M. NourbeSe Philip, Malika Booker, Michael Groce, Miles Chambers, Muneera Pilgrim, Nick Makoha, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Nile Faure-Bryan, Olaudah Equiano, Olivette Otele, Patience Agbabi, Peter deGraft-Johnson aka The Repeat Beat Poet, Phillis Wheatley, Priss Nash, Rakaya Fetuga, Raymond Antrobus, Reece Williams, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasha, Samuel King, Sophia Thakur, Stretch the Top Boy, Thembe Mvula, Theresa Lola, Tré Ventour, Vanessa Kisuule, Wretch 32 and Zena Edwards.
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About the Author
George the Poet is a London-born spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage. His innovative brand of musical poetry has won him critical acclaim both as a recording artist and social commentator and has seen his work broadcast to billions of people worldwide. In the summer of 2018, he opened the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with his poem 'The Beauty of Union', and in 2019, his audio offering 'Have You Heard George's Podcast?' won a prestigious Peabody Award and 5 Gold British Podcast Awards, including the highly-coveted Podcast of the Year. The podcast was described by BBC R4 as "a story that could change the world". In 2021 George launched chapter 3 of the podcast, and is embarking on a PhD.
Christienna Fryar (Contributor)
Christienna Fryar is a writer and historian. Formerly a lecturer in Black British History at Goldsmiths, University of London, she works as a historical consultant, including bespoke curriculum development for primary schools and secondary schools. An BBC Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker, she writes for the Observer and London Review of Books, among others, and appears regularly on TV and radio. She is a trustee of the Black Cultural Archives and the Tudor Trust, and a member of the Church Commissioners Oversight Group, a group that advises the Church Commissioners as it responds to its historic links with African chattel enslavement.
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