Black, Listed: Black British culture explored
Afro-Caribbean. Coloured. Ethnic minority. Immigrant. BAME. Urban. Woke. Fam. Black.
These are just some of the terms being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of twenty-first century Black identity told through a list of insults, insights and everything in between.
Taking a panoramic look at global Black history and contemporary culture, this book investigates the ways in which Black communities (and individuals) have been represented, oppressed, mimicked, celebrated and othered. Part autobiographical musing, part pop culture vivisection, it's a comprehensive attempt to make sense of blackness from the vantage point of the hilarious and insightful psyche of Jeffrey Boakye.
Published by Dialogue Books in April 2019 (Hardback) and October 2019 (paperback).
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Praise for Black, Listed
‘This book gives a voice to those whose experience is persistently defined, refined and denied by others’ David Lammy, Guardian
‘Inventive, refreshing and humorous’ Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize winner
‘A truly radical book, which manages to be unflinching and constantly entertaining’ Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller
‘As freewheeling, wry and readable as it is necessary and incendiary’ Jimi Famurewa, inews
Guardian must read books of 2019
Financial Times books to read 2019
New Statesman must reads 2019
The Bookseller book of the month April 2019
Reviews
inews: Black, Listed by Jeffrey Boakye: a study of black culture that burns with purpose
Black, Listed by Jeffrey Boakye review - race and the power of words Guardian book of the day.
Smooth, angry, cool, powerful: How we talk about blackness Guardian Review, cover feature (print) and extended extract
