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World War II: Colonies and Colonials - Merika Sherwood - Book launch and author talk

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Dates:3 October 2013
Times:18:30 - 20:30
What is it:Talk
Organiser:Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre
How much:Free
Who is it for:Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, University staff
Speaker:Marika Sherwood ,
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Marika Sherwood is a Hungarian-born historian, researcher, educator and author, based in England since 1965. She has written a substantial number of books on racism, colonialism and Black history, has an extensive catalogue of articles and has contributed to a number of films, radio programmes and conferences. In 1991 with Hakim Adi and other colleagues she founded the Black and Asian Studies Association, to encourage research, to disseminate information and to campaign on education issues.

At the event she will be talking about her latest book, World War II: Colonies and Colonials, which looks at the military, financial and other contributions from the colonies and the political struggles regarding racial discrimination, conscript labour and much else, both in the colonies and in Britain.

Price: Free

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