The Death of a Black Man
by Patricia Cumper
Many of the misogynistic and racist attitudes expressed by the characters in The Death of a Black Man are dated and shocking.
Open Water
by Maame Blue
Open Water feels like someone whispering something important in my ear that I didn’t quite catch, so I have to fill in the gaps with my own assumptions.
How to Kidnap the Rich
Modern India is increasingly a place where elitism and a desire to earn a place among the haves at the expense of the have nots has uprooted any sense of moral equity.
Judas and the Black Messiah
by Michael McMillan
In Judas and the Black Messiah, Fred Hampton is seen as the latest ‘Black Messiah’, posing a threat to national security by a paranoid J Edgar Hoover.
Klara and the Sun
Ishiguro's elegant and moving novel is narrated by Klara, an AF (Artificial Friend) with excellent observational skills and capacity for empathy.
We Are All Birds of Uganda
by Bashabi Fraser
In We Are All Birds of Uganda, the metropolis acts almost as a protagonist, which the characters try to claim by charting the streets of Leicester, London, and Kampala.
What White People Can Do Next
by Suzanne Harrington
Emma Dabiri advises readers to be more like the Black Panther Party who urged white supporters in 1968 to form a White Panther Party in the fight against racism.
Sound of Metal
by Raymond Antrobus
The film, Sound of Metal, and its sound deserve all the noise we can make in the culture.
A River Called Time
by Sanjida O’Connell
Newland’s prescient novel is set in an imaginary version of London, in a world where colonialism and slavery never existed.