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Centre for Critical Social Research and Organisation of Black Unity present
Melanin Monologues
Book Talk
Friday 25th September, 6.30pm
Curzon C001 Birmingham City University, B4 7XG
Melanin Monologues documents the journey of a Black woman’s struggle to regain her self-esteem and cultural pride in British society. The chronicles provide some insight into the ways that racial classifications and stereotypes have influenced
Black British communities.
Event is free and all are welcome but please book a ticket at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanin-monologues-author-talk-tickets-18532483156
About the Author:
Natreema Asafu- Adjaye was born in London, England to West African parents. She is a creative writer, poet and song writer who launched ‘The Wordsmiths Workshop’ as a platform for developing and distributing materials by independent writers.
Natreema attended London Metropolitan University where she majored in Communications. In 2007 she obtained a Masters in Political Communications from the University of London, Goldsmiths College. Melanin Monologues is her first book.
Natreema Adjaye strives to project a voice that has been obscured and ignored for the longest time. The monologues presents an honest account of what it means to be Black and British in a society where African identity has been defined
from a Eurocentric standpoint.
Melanin Monologues:
A Black British Perspective
by Natreema A. Adjaye
ISBN 978-0-9931- 83409
£7.99; 154 pp
Dr Kehinde Andrews
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
School of Social Sciences,
Curzon Building, C334
Birmingham City University
Curzon Street
Birmingham B4 7XG
United Kingdom
(+44) 121 331 5526
Author of Resisting Racism: Race, Inequality and the Black Supplmentary School
Movement
Chair of Organisation of Black Unity
Co-Chair of Black Studies Association