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Afropean
Afropean | Johny Pitts
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Afropean is an on-the-ground documentary of areas where Europeans of African descent are juggling their multiple allegiances and forging new identities. Here is an alternative map of the continent, taking the reader to places like Cova Da Moura, the Cape Verdean shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon with its own underground economy, and Rinkeby, the area of Stockholm that is 80 per cent Muslim. Johny Pitts visits the former Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where West African students are still making the most of Cold War ties with the USSR, and Clichy Sous Bois in Paris, which gave birth to the 2005 riots, all the while presenting Afropeans as lead actors in their own story.
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Emilymdxn
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Afropean | Johny Pitts
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Fantastic journey through the black culture of Europe and what it means to be Afropean - id been to almost all of these cities and I realised I had only ever pictured white people when I imagined most of them. I learned so much about Europe‘s present and it‘s history (beautiful bits and depressing bits), and black Britishness as well. Strongly recommend!

Weaponxgirl I got this on a kindle deal a while ago and I need to get round to reading this 4y
Emilymdxn @Weaponxgirl so did I! We probably got it the same day. It‘s a great one for considering things about Europe I never had before - I was amazed by how little I‘d thought about black experiences in these cities, most of which I‘ve been to and just never had it occur to me. Just goes to show how much there is still to learn and consider even when I‘ve been trying for a while! 4y
Weaponxgirl We probably did! And we will always be learning, there‘s just so much in and about the world. For me the main thing has been being open to learning. 4y
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IReadThereforeIBlog
IReadThereforeIBlog
Afropean | Johny Pitts
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Johny Pitts is a writer, photographer and broadcaster who founded the online journal Afropean.com. In this insightful, compassionate and thought-provoking book that‘s part anthropology, part memoir, part travelogue and part rumination on the black experience within Europe, he seeks to “honestly reveal the secret pleasures and prejudices of others as well as myself” and make sense of what it means to be a black citizen in Europe.