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Interpreting the past, shaping the future
Natives is an engaging and nuanced exploration of the complex interplay between race and class, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
by Akala
(Two Roads, £16.99)
KINGSLEE DALEY — more often known as Akala — is earning a reputation as one of Britain’s most important voices.
On top of touring the world, releasing hip-hop albums, making documentaries for the BBC, campaigning on a range of issues, appearing on Question Time and running the Hip-hop Shakespeare Company, he has just published his first book.
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