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Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change (Hardback)
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Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change (Hardback)

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Hardback 320 Pages
Published: 27/06/2019

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Waterstones Says

An electrifying and impassioned polemic against the lack of diversity in the education system, Taking Up Space draws on case studies and testimonies from students past and present to challenge the stultifying status quo. A call to arms of the utmost eloquence and sophistication.

The Flagship 2019 release of #Merky Books

'Brilliant... full of the knowledge, understanding, tools and kindness that every black girl needs, through university and beyond. Plus it's funny, too.' - Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie

A groundbreaking exploration of the problems of diversity in education, by two extremely talented young graduates. As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. And in higher education, feeling like you constantly have to justify your existence within institutions that weren't made for you is an ongoing struggle for many people.

Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi, two recent Cambridge graduates, wrote Taking Up Space as a guide and a manifesto for change: tackling issues of access, unrepresentative curricula, discrimination in the classroom, the problems of activism, and life before and after university. Featuring honest conversations with students past and present, Taking Up Space goes beyond the buzzwords of diversity and inclusion and explores what those words truly mean for young black girls today.

#Merky Books was set up by publishers Penguin Random House and Stormzy in June 2018 to find and publish the best writers of a new generation and to publish the stories that are not being heard. #Merky Books aims to open up the world of publishing, and this year has launched a New Writer's Prize and will soon be launching a #Merky Books traineeship. 'I know too many talented writers that don't always have an outlet or a means to get their work seen, and hopefully #Merky Books can now be a reference point for them to say "I can be an author", and for that to be a realistic and achievable goal... Reading and writing as a kid were integral to where I am today and I, from the bottom of my heart, cannot wait to hear your stories and get them out into the big wide world.' - Stormzy

Publisher: Ebury Publishing
ISBN: 9781529118537
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 437 g
Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 31 mm

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