A few thoughts on Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera

 

Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

While this book has the subtitle - How imperialism has shaped modern Britain - it is relevant to all the countries which were part of this empire, including Australia. As well as being a book which looks at international history, it is also a brilliant book for how we consider local studies with several sections showing the exclusion of histories of people who are brown or black from library collections. It includes a calling out of inaccurate information which removes key people of colour from the centre of historic events.

This was an amazing book to listen to (which I did because my library did not have a print edition for me to borrow). The listening turned out to be a key element with outstanding narration helping to drive home some of the points made.

This is an important book to read and listen to. It will be of interest to those who watched the series , What the British stole .

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