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  • Afropean

  • Notes from Black Europe
  • By: Johny Pitts
  • Narrated by: Johny Pitts
  • Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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Afropean

By: Johny Pitts
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Afropean written and read by Johny Pitts.

In the face of growing racial discrimination, anti-immigrant sentiment and the spectre of terrorism looming large over an economically stricken continent, Afropean is an on-the-ground documentary of areas where Europeans of African descent are juggling their multiple allegiances and forging new identities: too indelibly woven into Europe to identify with Africa and yet struggling with outdated ideas of what it means to be European.

Afropean will plot an alternative map of the continent, taking the reader to places like Cova Da Moura, the Cape Verdean shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon with its own underground economy, and Rinkeby, the area of Stockholm that is eighty per cent Muslim. The author visits the former Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where West African students are still making the most of Cold War ties with the USSR, and Clichy Sous Bois in Paris, which gave birth to the 2005 riots.

©2019 Johny Pitts (P)2019 Penguin Audio
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  • Categories: History
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Critic reviews

"forced me to stop and pause", "the book invites us to witness journeys of creativity of communities often unrecorded in studies of European history, highlighting the commonality of African-European experiences across the continent" (Olivette Otele)

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African Europeans

This book is definitely well written and authentic. Having gone to many of the cities described in the book I can tell that the author's observations e real.
I would strongly recommend this book.

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GOOD STUFF.👍

I've always been fascinated by the Black Presence ⚫ around the Globe. 🌎 Felt like I was Globe Trotting Myself.

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Excellent

I enjoyed every word! Storytelling and history presented in a refreshing and authentic way. Great narration by the author.

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Wonderful

Johny Pitts is a wonderful writer and speaker. I loved this book and learned a lot about both the past and present. He draws upon a rich legacy of black thought leaders and activists to enrich and support his writing. I loved it so much I will be buying a hard copy for me and probably a few other friends.

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