10% off all books and free delivery over £40
Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks.

Afropean Notes from Black Europe

"This revelatory, dynamic document of the diverse cultures, lives and experiences of African-origin Europeans is a must-read for readers seeking a profounder understanding of European history, culture and identity."

View All Editions

The selected edition of this book is not available to buy right now.
Add To Wishlist
Write A Review

LoveReading Says

LoveReading Says

I was born black, working class and northern in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain”, so begins the author’s personal prologue to a book that provides a vital, alternate lens through which to view Europe. Growing up as such, Pitts felt “I was being forced to react against one culture or overidentify with the other”. A visit to the Calais Jungle in 2016 resulted in him being stopped, searched and ID’d before being allowed in, albeit still under suspicion. A bleak reminder that when non-whites have the right documents, “I wasn’t all the way in”.

What follows is a document of Pitts’s encounters and meetings with dozens of Afropeans; black citizens of Europe juggling identities and loyalties – a self-described ‘black French militant’ on the outskirts of Paris; a Belgian-Congolese artist in Brussels; a Sudanese-German chef in Berlin; a fascinating interview with Caryl Philipps, the acclaimed Kittian-British writer.

A remarkable feat of research and understanding, this seminal book is reportage at its finest, enhanced by the author’s striking photography.

Joanne Owen

Find This Book In

Primary Genre History
Other Genres:
Recommendations:

About

Press Reviews

Author

Collections Featuring This Book

You Might Also Like...

In the Castle of My Skin

Mr George Lamming

Paperback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99

The Five

Hallie Rubenhold

Paperback

In Stock

£9.89 £10.99

Easy Kills

Sebastian Murphy-Bates

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

The War Came To Us

Christopher Miller

Hardback

In Stock

£18.00 £20.00

The Silk Roads

Peter Frankopan

Paperback

In Stock

£15.29 £16.99

Quartered Safe Out Here

George MacDonald Fraser

Paperback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99