A Black Boy at Eton Audiobook Libro.fm

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Dillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton joining in 1965 and the first to complete his education there Written at just 21 this is a deeply personal revelatory account of the racism he endured during his time as a student at the prestigious institution He tells in vivid detail of his own background as the son of a Nigerian judge at the International Court of Justice at The Hague of his arrival at the school of the curriculum of his reception by other boys and masters and of his punishments He tells too of the cruel racial prejudice and his reactions to it and of the alienation and stereotyping he faced at such a young age A Black Boy at Eton is a searing groundbreaking book displaying the deep psychological effects of colonialism and racism

A title in the Black Britain Writing Back series selected by Booker Prizewinning author Bernardine Evaristo this series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books depicting black Britain that remap the nation

The story Onyeama had to tell was so gripping and shocking it wouldnt let me go A remarkably wellwritten memoir Bernardine Evaristo from the Introduction

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