I particularly liked this quote: “You can form your own opinions about any books-whether they are written by Rudyard Kipling or anyone else (including this one).” There are also tips hen to ask questions and the debates pupils could have in schools. Yes Sanghera says a belief in one’s own exceptionalism is dangerous and he thinks there should be a statue of Charles Ignatius Sancho in this country, but at other times he reminds his readers that they should decide for themselves when judging our historical past. A best-selling journalists illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United. It is hard to believe Sanghera has not written a children’s book before given how he writes about the subject in a way that is both engaging and informative for children, and what is truly cheering is the confidence he has in young people to make up their own minds. Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera, review Andrew Marr on a balanced look at imperial Britain Are the British haunted by the legacy of empire After the Black Lives Matter demonstrations and. Empireland’s Sathnam Sanghera: ‘I am, to some, just my skin colour’ His new book about British empire has been highly praised and brought him a relentless torrent of racist abuse. Smart and insightful, this expertly structured book is full of fascinating and often troubling facts from British history, such as how Charles II helped found the Royal African Company and the racist history of fingerprinting. Sathnam Sanghera is a British journalist and author of EmpireLand: How Modern Britain is Shaped by its Imperial Past, memoir The Boy With The Topknot: Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton, and novel. Writer Sathnam Sanghera retraces the build-up to the massacre and examines. “Sanghera, the critically acclaimed author of Empireland brings the same subject to children aged nine plus with this timely book about the British Empire and how it has shaped the world we live in. On 13 April 1919, British troops shot hundreds of peaceful protesters dead in India.

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