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An African in Imperial London - The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-Labor (Paperback)
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An African in Imperial London - The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-Labor (Paperback)
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In a world dominated by the British Empire, and at a time when many
Europeans considered black people inferior, Sierra Leonean writer
A. B. C. Merriman-Labor claimed his right to describe the world as
he found it. He looked at the Empire's great capital and laughed.
In this first biography of Merriman-Labor, Danell Jones describes
the tragic spiral that pulled him down the social ladder from
writer and barrister to munitions worker, from witty observer of
the social order to patient in a state-run hospital for the poor.
In restoring this extraordinary man to the pantheon of African
observers of colonialism, she opens a window onto racial attitudes
in Edwardian London. An African in Imperial London is a rich
portrait of a great metropolis, writhing its way into a new century
of appalling social inequity, world-transforming inventions, and
unprecedented demands for civil rights. WINNER OF THE HIGH PLAINS
BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
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