Society The Observer Brit(ish) review – what does it mean to be black and British now? In a timely study, Afua Hirsch uses personal and political histories to discover the reality of being a person of colour in this country ‘Asks some deeply uncomfortable questions’: Afua Hirsch. Thus begins Afua Hirsch’s book, Brit(ish), where she looks to answer for herself, on her own terms, where she is from, where she is really from. In 2016, a YouGov poll found that 44% of British people thought the British empire was a good, benign thing. • Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch is published by Jonathan Cape (£16.99).

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2018 09:00 UTC