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Akala (2018 Event)
2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival
English - October 22, 2018 08:49 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBBooks Arts edbookfest charlotte square Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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THE RUINS OF EMPIRE
Race and class have shaped the world of MOBO award-winning hip hop artist, poet and political commentator Akala. In Natives, his searing polemic on race in the UK, he considers his own experiences in both childhood and as an adult, and connects them to the social, political and historical context that have led us to where we are now.
Part of our Freedom and Equality series of events.