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Review of Political blackness in multiracial Britain by Ambikaipaker, Mohan

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Peplow, Simon (2019) Review of Political blackness in multiracial Britain by Ambikaipaker, Mohan. Twentieth Century British History . ISSN 0955-2359

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwz037

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Abstract

The nature, scope, and worth of ideas of ‘political blackness’ in Britain have long been contested, with recent contributions from writers such as Claire Alexander and Kehinde Andrews furthering debates around the solidarity and erasures produced by such groupings. In this significant and engaging book, Mohan Ambikaipaker explores questions of identity and unity through the anti-racist activities of an important community-based organization in Britain that led campaigns against racial and state violence inspired by a unifying ‘blackness’ deliberately ‘coordinated to involve multiple communities in solidarity with each other’ (p. 5).

The organization at the centre of this work is the Newham Monitoring Project (NMP), an anti-racist grassroots organization based in an East...

Item Type: Book Review
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Immigrants -- Political activity -- England -- London -- History , Immigrants -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- History , Minorities -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century, Minorities -- Political activity -- England -- London -- 21st century, Racism -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century, London (England) -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century , Ambikaipaker, Mohan
Journal or Publication Title: Twentieth Century British History
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0955-2359
Book Title: Political Blackness in Multiracial Britain
Official Date: 22 November 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
22 November 2019Published
10 September 2019Accepted
DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwz037
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 22 June 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 22 November 2021

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