What is colonialism? | The History of Racism

It's hard to understand racism without knowing the history behind it, and how those legacies have shaped Britain today. We’ve been speaking to academics across the university to get their insights on what colonialism is, its history, anti-racist and anti-colonial resistance and how people have challenged racism and colonialism across the Empire - within Britain and wider Europe.

Further Reading:
Balogun, B. (2022) “Eastern Europe: The ‘other’ geographies in the colonial global economy”, Area https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.c....
French, H. W. (2021) Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War. London: Liveright.
French, H. W. (2021) Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War. London: Liveright.
French, H. W. (2021) Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War. London: Liveright.
Fryer, Peter (2010) Staying Power: the History of Black People in Britain. London: Pluto.
Fryer, Peter (1993) [1989]. Black People in the British Empire: an introduction. Pluto Classic edition. London: Pluto Press.
Levine, Phillipa, (2007) The British Empire: from sunrise to sunset. Harlow: Longman.
Olusoga, David (2016) Black and British: A Forgotten History. London: Macmillan.
Otele, O. (2020) African European: An untold History. London: Hurst.
Scanlan, Padraic (2020). Slave empire : how slavery built modern Britain. London: Robinson.
Walvin, James. (2013) Crossings : Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Reaktion Books.

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