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Creating Memorials, Building Identities: The Politics of Memory in the Black Atlantic

Prof. Michael O’Neill, Durham University, calls this a ‘full, impassioned, and intelligent book that … employs “guerrilla memorialisation” to challenge official narratives of history’. He notes, the ‘range and scope are impressive’, bringing previously unconsidered local memorial sites (Lancaster and Liverpool) into a new conversation with international sites (memorials dedicated to Second World War black servicemen). Case studies include diverse examples from the 18th - 21st centuries and from Senegal, Montserrat, Manchester and Paris, never previously examined. The book’s multi-disciplinarity – exploring visual arts, literature, music and film – brings a new dimension to the subject of memorialisation and the African diaspora.