A stream of fascinating black history books were published in 2020. Discover our top picks!
1. African Europeans: An Untold History (C Hurst & Co) by Olivette Otele
- Africans in Europe from Roman times to the present
2. Tacky’s Revolt (Harvard) Vincent Brown
- A gripping study of a seminal uprising by enslaved west Africans in Jamaica
3. The Sword and the Shield (Basic Books) by Peniel E Joseph
- A revisionist study of the lives of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
4. This Lovely City by Louise Hare (HarperCollins)
- Exploration of the racism of the Windrush era
5. 100 Great Black Britons (Hachette) by Patrick Vernon and Angelina Osborn
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by The Raven Brothers
Out of shape and unprepared, The Raven Brothers return to the road in a collection of ten quests to travel to their dream destinations against all odds! After two decades pioneering new routes across the globe, you would expect the authors of 'Driving the Trans-Siberian' to be hotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and an ability to survive in almost any situation. Think again! With virtually zero knowledge of the workings of the internal combustion engine and very limited skills of wilderness survival, Simon and Chris struggle into their hiking boots and power across three continents by river, tarmac and trail.
Venture to the top of Norway, cruise the road to Damascus, hike the Camino trail into Spain’s Wild West, row the Ganges, explore Frida Kahlo’s world in Mexico City, hangout with the dead in Sicily’s eerie catacombs, crawl deep inside Bolivia’s notorious silver mine, seek lions in Gujarat, wellness in Berlin and journey into the Naga Hills where tribal kings still rule.
Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an “accurate view of what to expect”, 'Hike, Drive, Stayin’ Alive!' signals a return to the duo writing “buttock clenching” travel comedy with the first in a series of candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.