One of Them

An Eton College Memoir

One of Them
Musa Okwonga
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 224pg
15 Apr 2021 UK
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9781783529674
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Musa Okwonga - a young Black man who grew up in a predominantly working-class town - was not your typical Eton College student. The experience moulded him, challenged him. . . but also made him wonder why a place that was so good for him also seems to contribute to the harm being done to the UK. The more he searched, the more evident the connection became between one of Britain' s most prestigious institutions and the genesis of Brexit, and between his home town in the suburbs of Greater London and the rise of the far right. Woven throughout this deeply personal and unflinching memoir of Musa' s five years at Eton in the 1990s is a present-day narrative which engages with much wider questions about pressing social and political issues: privilege, the distribution of wealth, the rise of the far right in the UK, systemic racism, the ' boys' club' of government and the power of the few to control the fate of the many. One of Them is both an intimate account and a timely exploration of race and class in modern Britain.
' A superb memoir . . . written with a poet' s lyricism and a journalist' s clarity' Nish Kumar' Moving . . . stays with you long after you' ve finished it' Nigella Lawson' Raw evidence of the power of resilience and determination and hope . . . a blistering memoir' Salena Godden' Writing that holds and ambushes you in turn . . . a portrait of the allure of institutional power' Vinay Patel' Fascinating insight into the workings of one of the most exclusive, secretive and privileged institutions on earth' Robert Verkaik, author of Posh Boys' Frank, fascinating and unique . . . Essential reading' Hashi Mohamed, author of People Like Us ' Moving . . . stays with you long after you' ve finished it' Nigella Lawson ' A superb memoir . . . written with a poet' s lyricism and a journalist' s clarity' Nish Kumar ' Fascinating insight into the workings of one of the most exclusive, secretive and privileged institutions on earth' Robert Verkaik, author of Posh Boys ' Writing that holds and ambushes you in turn . . . a portrait of the allure of institutional power' Vinay Patel ' Raw evidence of the power of resilience and determination and hope . . . a blistering memoir' Salena Godden ' Frank, fascinating and unique . . . essential reading' Hashi Mohamed, author of People Like Us
Musa Okwonga is a poet, journalist, broadcaster, musician, social commentator, football writer and consultant in the fields of creativity and communications. He has written on identity, sport, culture and society for a range of publications including Africa Is a Country, The Economist, ESPN, Foreign Policy, the Guardian and the New York Times. He has written and presented essays and programmes for BBC Radio and lectured at several universities. He was one of the contributors to The Good Immigrant. @Okwonga
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781783529674
Published: 15 Apr 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Unbound
Publisher: Unbound
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 224

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