Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change by Chelsea Kwakye (Englis

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Taking Up Space by Chelsea Kwakye, Ore Ogunbiyi THE FLAGSHIP 2019 RELEASE OF #MERKY BOOKS____________________________Brilliant CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMSHugely important PAULA AKPANEssential BERNARDINE EVARISTO____________________________As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A groundbreaking exploration of the problems of diversity in education.Brilliant CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of QUEENIEEssential BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHERHugely important PAULA AKPAN____________________________As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. Recent Cambridge grads Chelsea and Ore experienced this first-hand, and wrote Taking Up Space as a guide and a manifesto for change.FOR BLACK GIRLS-Understand that your journey is unique. Use this book as a guide. Our wish for you is that you read this and feel empowered, comforted and validated in every emotion you experience, or decision that you make.FOR EVERYONE ELSE-We can only hope that reading this helps you to be a better friend, parent, sibling or teacher to black girls living through what we did. Its time we stepped away from seeing this as a problem that black people are charged with solving on their own.Its a collective effort.And everyone has a role to play.Featuring honest conversations with students past and present, Taking Up Space goes beyond the buzzwords of diversity and inclusion and explores what those words truly mean for young black girls today.____________________________#Merky Books was set up by publishers Penguin Random House and Stormzy in June 2018 to find and publish the best writers of a new generation and to publish the stories that are not being heard. #Merky Books aims to open up the world of publishing, and this year has launched a New Writers Prize and will soon be launching a #Merky Books traineeship.I know too many talented writers that dont always have an outlet or a means to get their work seen, and hopefully #Merky Books can now be a reference point for them to say "I can be an author", and for that to be a realistic and achievable goal... Reading and writing as a kid were integral to where I am today and I, from the bottom of my heart, cannot wait to hear your stories and get them out into the big wide world.STORMZY Author Biography Chelsea Kwakye (Author)Chelsea Kwakye is a first-class honours History graduate from Homerton College, Cambridge. Whilst at Cambridge she was the only black girl in her year group of around 200 to read History. In her final year, she was Vice-President of the African-Caribbean Society and competed in a Cambridge vs. Oxford Varsity Athletics match. She is currently studying at the University of Law in preparation for a training contract with a city law firm in London.Ore Ogunbiyi (Author)Ore Ogunbiyi is a Nigerian-British Politics and International Relations graduate from Jesus College, Cambridge. Whilst at Cambridge she pioneered the Benin Bronze Repatriation campaign, the #BlackMenofCambridgeUniversity campaign and was President of the African-Caribbean Society.She has since completed a Masters in Journalism at Columbia University, New York and is currently working as a Special Assistant and Speechwriter to the Vice President of Nigeria. Review Brilliant… Full of the knowledge, understanding, tools and kindness that every black girl needs.Intimate... like reading the diary of a well-informed friend. The result is a bold venture... full of what will be revelations to some and reminders to others. The authors dignify the argument with nuance, and puncture the tendency to see black students as a monolith... For countless black women in Britain, a century after womens suffrage and in spite of the Race Relations Act, it can feel like the glass ceiling is reinforced by concrete, with those above unable to see below. And self-help, it seems, remains essential. * TLS *Taking Up Space is a shocking account of how racism operates in the academy from a student viewpoint. An essential contribution.A hugely important tool that I wish Id had to guide me through university. Promotional A groundbreaking exploration of the problems of diversity in education. Review Text Brilliant... Full of the knowledge, understanding, tools and kindness that every black girl needs. Review Quote Brilliant... Full of the knowledge, understanding, tools and kindness that every black girl needs. Promotional "Headline" A groundbreaking exploration of the problems of diversity in education. Details ISBN1529118549 Author Ore Ogunbiyi Publisher Cornerstone Year 2020 ISBN-10 1529118549 ISBN-13 9781529118544 Publication Date 2020-02-27 Format Paperback Imprint Merky Books Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 371.82900941 Pages 336 Short Title Taking up Space Language English UK Release Date 2020-02-27 AU Release Date 2020-02-27 NZ Release Date 2020-02-27 Narrator Andy Full Cast Illustrator John OBrien Birth 1955 Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, USA Position Department of Psychology Qualifications Ph.D. Subtitle The Black Girls Manifesto for Change Alternative 9781529119039 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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