Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the studio by professor Kehinde Andrews , author of Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century (ZED, 2018)

Afua Hirsch says “takes the concepts that underpin so much of our woolly, contemporary talk about blackness, structural racism, pan-Africanism and – most of all – radicalism, and does the hard, essential work of re-inserting meaning and critique into the debate.” Andrews is a Professor of Black Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University and the Director of the Centre for Critical Social Research. In Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century he traces the long and eminent history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism, its rich past encompasses figures such as Marcus Garvey, Angela Davis, the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter activists of today. At its core it argues that racism is inexorably embedded in the fabric of society, and that it can never be overcome unless by enacting change outside of this suffering system. Yet this Black radical tradition has been diluted and moderated over time; willfully misrepresented and caricatured by others; divested of its legacy, potency, inclusivity and force for global change.

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