Evelyn Dove Britain's black cabaret queen   Evelyn Dove embraced the worlds of jazz, musical theatre and, most importantly, cabaret, in a career spanning five decades from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A black British diva with movie star looks, she captivated audiences and admirers around the world, enjoying the same appeal as the 'Forces Sweetheart' Vera Lynn throughout the Second World War.Refusing to be constrained by her race or middle-class West African and English backgrounds, she would perform for infamous Russian leader, Joseph Stalin; become a regular vocalist for the BBC and a celebrated performer across continental Europe, India and the US.At the height of her fame in the 1930s, she worked with the pioneers of black British theatre, replacing Josephine Baker as the star attraction in a revue at the Casino de Paris and scandalizing her family by appearing on stage semi-nude.   DETAILS : • Pages: 144• Publisher: Jacaranda books• Imprint: Jacaranda Books• Publication Date: 4th October 2016• Trim Size: 164 x 224 mm• ISBN: 9781909762350• Format: B-format paperback  AUTHOR BIO: Stephen Bourne has specialised in black British histories since 1991. He has written over 15 books, including the acclaimed Black in the British Frame, Elisabeth Welch: Soft Lights and Sweet Music and The Motherland Calls: Britain's Black Servicemen and Women 1939-1945. ?Stephen received the 2015 Southwark Arts Forum Award for Literature for Black Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War. In 2017 he was awarded the Screen Nation Special Award and an Honorary degree from Southbank University for over 20 years in his field. ?He is a regular contributor to BBC documentaries and has written for many publications, including The Voice, The Independent, BBC History Magazine and History Today.   Check out more of our products at our shop
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War to Windrush By Stephen Bourne  Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, Stephen Bourne's War to Windrush explores the lives of Britain's immigrant community through the experiences of Black British women during the period spanning from the beginning of World War II to the arrival of the Empire Windrush in 1948.In those short years, Black British women performed integral roles in keeping the country functioning and set the stage for the arrival of other black Britons on the MV Empire Windrush . The book shows first-hand what life was like in Britain for black women through photography and evocative prose.  DETAILS : • Pages: 224• Publisher: Jacaranda books• Imprint: Jacaranda Books• Publication Date: 22nd June 2018• Trim Size: 166 x 226 mm• ISBN: 9781909762855• Format: Trade paperback (UK)  AUTHOR BIO: Stephen Bourne has specialised in black British histories since 1991. He has written over 15 books, including the acclaimed Black in the British Frame, Elisabeth Welch: Soft Lights and Sweet Music and The Motherland Calls: Britain's Black Servicemen and Women 1939-1945. ?Stephen received the 2015 Southwark Arts Forum Award for Literature for Black Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War. In 2017 he was awarded the Screen Nation Special Award and an Honorary degree from Southbank University for over 20 years in his field. ?He is a regular contributor to BBC documentaries and has written for many publications, including The Voice, The Independent, BBC History Magazine and History Today.   Check out more of our products at our shop
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No More Heroes By Stephen Thompson   July 7, 2005. Simon Weekes is travelling on the London Underground when his tube carriage is wrecked by a bomb blast. Virtually everyone is killed and almost all the survivors are severely injured. Except for Simon.Having quickly and calmly organised the small band of survivors out of the wreckage and to safety, word of Simon's heroics get out in the days following the bombing. Now under the full glare of the media spotlight, he becomes an overnight celebrity, hounded for interviews and regularly approached in the street by autograph hunters.The only thing is, he doesn't want all the attention. He can't afford it. He has too much to lose.  DETAILS : • Pages: 280• Publisher: Jacaranda books• Imprint: Jacaranda Books• Publication Date: 10th October 2024• Trim Size: 158 x 238 mm• ISBN: 9781914344404• Format: Trade binding  AUTHOR BIO: Over the course of his career, Sam Greenlee was been a novelist, activist, poet, screenwriter, actor, journalist, teacher, All-American middle-distance runner, martial artist, and talk show host. Born in Chicago on July 13, 1930, Greenlee attended Chicago public schools. At age fifteen, Greenlee participated in his first sit-in and walked in his first picket line; his social activism continued throughout his life.In 1952, Greenlee received his B.S. in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After two years' service as an infantry Lieutenant, Greenlee entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, studying international relations from 1954 to 1957. In 1957, he began an eight-year career with the Foreign Services Officer, serving in Iraq, East Pakistan, Indonesia, and Greece, and in 1959, was awarded the Meritorious Service Award for bravery during the Baghdad revolution of July 14, 1958; the civilian equivalent of the army's Distinguished Service Cross.Greenlee's first and most well-known novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door was written in 1966, and first published in London in 1969 by Allison & Busby after unanimous rejection in the United States. It was published in the U.S. in 1970 by Bantam Books, and more recently by Wayne State University Press. This prize-winning, best-selling novel quickly became an underground favourite for its fictionalisation of an urban-based war for African American liberation. Greenlee co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of the novel with Melvin Clay and was Co-Producer and full partner of Co-Producer-Director, Ivan Dixon, the film was largely funded by independent, predominately, Black investors The Spook Who Sat by the Door was an overnight success when it was released and was then unexpectedly taken out of distribution. Greenlee alleges that the film was suppressed by the FBI in collusion with its distributor, United Artists. Baghdad Blues followed The Spook Who Sat by the Door and continued Sam Greenlee's determination to expose in
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The Spook Who Sat By The Door   A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s.Dan Freeman, 'the spook who sat by the door', is enlisted in the CIA's elitist espionage program after a white senator decries the lack of Black officers in the agency. The first Black man in the Central Intelligence Agency, Freeman is given a desk job. Despite excelling, promotions are hard to come by as the token black in the CIA. Deciding he's had enough, Freeman uses the tactics he learns in the CIA to foment violent rebellion in Chicago, in a mirror image of the coups wrought around the world by the Agency itself.With its focus on the militancy that characterised the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, this is the story of one man's reaction to ruling-class hypocrisy in ways that make the novel autobiographical and personal. As a tale of a reaction to the forces of oppression, this brilliant and funny satire by Sam Greenlee proves to be just as potent today as it was when it originally was published.  DETAILS : • Pages: 280• Publisher: Jacaranda books• Imprint: Jacaranda Books• Publication Date: 10th October 2024• Trim Size: 158 x 238 mm• ISBN: 9781914344404• Format: Trade binding  AUTHOR BIO: Over the course of his career, Sam Greenlee was been a novelist, activist, poet, screenwriter, actor, journalist, teacher, All-American middle-distance runner, martial artist, and talk show host. Born in Chicago on July 13, 1930, Greenlee attended Chicago public schools. At age fifteen, Greenlee participated in his first sit-in and walked in his first picket line; his social activism continued throughout his life.In 1952, Greenlee received his B.S. in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After two years' service as an infantry Lieutenant, Greenlee entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, studying international relations from 1954 to 1957. In 1957, he began an eight-year career with the Foreign Services Officer, serving in Iraq, East Pakistan, Indonesia, and Greece, and in 1959, was awarded the Meritorious Service Award for bravery during the Baghdad revolution of July 14, 1958; the civilian equivalent of the army's Distinguished Service Cross.Greenlee's first and most well-known novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door was written in 1966, and first published in London in 1969 by Allison & Busby after unanimous rejection in the United States. It was published in the U.S. in 1970 by Bantam Books, and more recently by Wayne State University Press. This prize-winning, best-selling novel quickly became an underground favourite for its fictionalisation of an urban-based war for African American liberation. Greenlee co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of the novel with Melvin Clay and was Co-Producer and full partner of Co-Producer-Director, Ivan Dixon, the
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Ester-Lee Print earrings Windrush Collection by Akwildenature in collaboration with MassassibSuitable for pierced ears. Earrings that catch the eye with their colours and bewitching with its nuances. This item comes provided with a jewellery pouch which is ideal for gifting and provides a safe place to store the jewellery. Suitable for all occasions. Handmade in Africa for you   M A T E R I A L S, C A R E & S I Z E * Wipe gently with a damp cloth that is soft and clean * Do not submerge in water * Avoid contact with soaps, detergents, perfume, or hair spray * Keep away from extreme heat. * Earrings body - Plexiglas * The frame is local Togo Sliver and 2% Copper resistance * Dimensions approximately: 4 x 4 cm * Weight: 10.46 grams * Made in: Togo Please Note: Earrings are non returnable   Check out more of our products in our shop
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Ester-Lee Print earrings Windrush Collection by Akwildenature in collaboration with MassassibSuitable for pierced ears. Earrings that catch the eye with their colours and bewitching with its nuances. This item comes provided with a jewellery pouch which is ideal for gifting and provides a safe place to store the jewellery. Suitable for all occasions. Handmade in Africa for you   M A T E R I A L S, C A R E & S I Z E * Wipe gently with a damp cloth that is soft and clean * Do not submerge in water * Avoid contact with soaps, detergents, perfume, or hair spray * Keep away from extreme heat. * Earrings body - Plexiglas * The frame is local Togo Sliver and 2% Copper resistance * Dimensions approximately: 4 x 4 cm * Weight: 10.46 grams * Made in: Togo Please Note: Earrings are non returnable   Check out more of our products in our shop
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Agatha-Maudlin Tropically Spice Print Earrings  Windrush Collection by Akwildenature in collaboration with MassassibThis beautiful pair of earrings blown Plexiglas African inspired originality with a ray of colours from African inspired print. Suitable for pierced ears. Earrings that catch the eye with their colours and bewitching with its nuances. This item comes provided with a jewellery pouch which is ideal for gifting and provides a safe place to store the jewellery. Suitable for all occasions. Handmade in Africa for you.  M A T E R I A L S, C A R E & S I Z E * Wipe gently with a damp cloth that is soft and clean * Do not submerge in water * Avoid contact with soaps, detergents, perfume, or hair spray * Keep away from extreme heat. * Earrings body - Plexiglas * The frame is local Togo Sliver and 2% Copper resistance * Dimensions approximately: 8 x 3.7 cm * Weight: 10.46 grams * Made in: Togo Please Note: Earrings are non returnable   Check out more of our products in our shop
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Classidel Sunshine and Palm Leaves Print Earrings  Windrush Collection by Akwildenature in collaboration with MassassibSuitable for pierced ears. Earrings that catch the eye with their colours and bewitching with its nuances. This item comes provided with a jewellery pouch which is ideal for gifting and provides a safe place to store the jewellery. Suitable for all occasions. Handmade in Africa for you.   M A T E R I A L S, C A R E & S I Z E * Wipe gently with a damp cloth that is soft and clean * Do not submerge in water * Avoid contact with soaps, detergents, perfume, or hair spray * Keep away from extreme heat. * Earrings body - Plexiglas * The frame is local Togo Sliver and 2% Copper resistance * Dimensions approximately: 6 x 6 cm * Weight: 10.46 grams * Made in: Togo Please Note: Earrings are non returnable   Check out more of our products in our shop
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