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Kehinde Andrews is one of the leading Black political voices in Britain. He is Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, a regular writer of opinion pieces for the Guardian, Independent and Ebony magazine, and editor of the series ‘Blackness in Britain’. He was part of the team that launched the first Black Studies degree in Europe, and is Co-chair of the Black Studies Association and of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity. He regularly appears on television and radio.

• Prologue: Reclaiming Radicalism1. Narrow Nationalism2. Pan-Africanism3. Black is a Country4. Cultural Nationalism5. Blackness6. Black Marxism7. Liberal Radicalism8. Black SurvivalEpilogue: It’s Already Too Late

Andrews takes the concepts that underpin so much of our woolly, contemporary talk about blackness, structural racism, pan-Africanism and – most of all – radicalism, and does the hard, essential work of re-inserting meaning and critique into the debate. An unflinching and authentic contribution.