Top class, phenomenal detail in the history that really brings people of the past to life, especially the late 17th and 18th centuries. Adi is the first Black professor of History in the UK, teaching the first History of Africa & the African Diaspora masters course in the UK, and this book brings together that expertise and experience clearly and in a really engaging way. 

File next to: Peter Fryer, Kehinde Andrews, Marika Sherwood, Paul Gilroy, David Olusoga, and other writers centring on histories of African and Black people.