Black, Listed & Brit(ish) 2 Books Collection Set by Boakye & Hirsch - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
(Black, Listed); 9781784705039 (Brit(ish))
Publisher: Dialogue Books; Vintage

Overview
This paperback set pairs two of the most talked-about British nonfiction titles on race and identity. Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored by Jeffrey Boakye takes a witty, panoramic look at the language and labels used to describe Black Britishness, from Afro-Caribbean to BAME to urban. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch, a Sunday Times bestseller, blends memoir and history to ask what it truly means to be British when empire, migration, and everyday prejudice collide. Together they offer a sharp, thought-provoking survey of modern British identity for readers, students, and book clubs alike.

About the Books
Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored is part memoir, part cultural criticism, built around a running list of terms used to name and categorize Black identity in Britain. Jeffrey Boakye moves briskly between playground slang, music, media stereotypes, and global Black history, using humor as a way into serious questions about who gets to define culture and how language quietly shapes perception. The book pushes readers to examine familiar words like Afro-Caribbean, immigrant, and urban, and to see how casually they carry old assumptions. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging takes a different route into similar territory, combining Afua Hirsch's own story of growing up mixed-race in London with a wider history of empire, immigration, and everyday racism many Britons still live with. Hirsch asks a deceptively simple question, where are you really from, and uses it to unpack Britain's uneasy relationship with its own diversity and colonial past. Read side by side, the two books complement each other well. Boakye's focus is cultural and linguistic; Hirsch's is historical and personal, tracing one life through centuries of British history. Both are written in clear, engaging prose that never talks down to the reader, making complicated ideas about race, identity, and belonging genuinely accessible for a wide range of readers.

Key Benefits

• Two acclaimed British nonfiction titles on race and identity in one set
• Includes Brit(ish), a Sunday Times bestseller and Jerwood Prize winner
• Blends memoir and cultural history for an accessible, engaging read
• Great for book clubs, sociology courses, or classroom libraries
• Compact paperback format, easy to carry and lend
• A conversation-starting gift for readers interested in race and culture

Book-by-Book Guide
Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored — Boakye reframes loaded terms like Afro-Caribbean, BAME, and urban into a witty, revealing map of how Black British identity gets defined by others.
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging — Hirsch weaves memoir with British history to explore empire, migration, and everyday racism through the question of what it means to belong.

About the Authors
Jeffrey Boakye is a writer and secondary school teacher whose work explores race, language, and culture in modern Britain. Black, Listed is his acclaimed exploration of Black British identity, followed by further books on music and education. Afua Hirsch is a writer, broadcaster, and former barrister and journalist who has reported for the Guardian and Sky News. Brit(ish) became a Sunday Times bestseller and won her the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Prize for Non-Fiction.

Why You'll Love This Collection
This pairing delivers two sharp, honest views on race and belonging in one paperback set, perfect for book clubs or a home library. A meaningful gift for curious readers this holiday season or any occasion.

Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.