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Afua Hirsch
Akala
Australia
Author_Santilla Chingaipe
Black Convicts
Caribbean
Category=DN
Colonial Studies
David Olusoga
Debut
Decolonisation
Empire
Enslavement
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forthcoming
Gary Younge
Incarceration
Non Fiction
Post Colonial
Prison
Race
Santilla
Transatlantic
Product details
- ISBN 9781806750313
- Dimensions: 156 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Shortlisted for the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards, The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award
Shortlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize
Readings Best Books of 2024, Non-Fiction
The story of Australia's Black convicts has been all but erased from our history. On the First Fleet of 1788, at least 15 convicts were of African descent. By 1840 the number had risen to almost 500. But although some of these lives were documented and their likenesses hang in places like the National Portrait Gallery, even their descendants are often unaware of their existence. In recovering their lives, Santilla Chingaipe offers a fresh understanding of this fatal shore, showing how empire, slavery, race and memory have shaped the nation.
