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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Boakye is an author, broadcaster, educator and journalist with a particular interest in issues surrounding race, masculinity, education and popular culture. Originally from Brixton in London, Jeffrey has taught secondary English for fifteen years. He is a senior teaching fellow at the University of Manchester and has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Leicester. Jeffrey’s books include Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime ; Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored ; What is Masculinity? Why Does it Matter? And Other Big Questions ; Musical Truth: A Musical Journey Through Modern Black Britain and Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer. He is also the co-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s double award-winning Add to Playlist . He now lives in Yorkshire with his wife and two sons. Klappentext Thought-provoking, witty and completely unafraid to call out some of the most pressing issues of our times, this sharp analysis of racism in education is also a vision for how to do better by all our students. Zusammenfassung Thought-provoking, witty and completely unafraid to call out some of the most pressing issues of our times, this sharp analysis of racism in education is also a vision for how to do better by all our students.
About the author
Jeffrey Boakye is an author, broadcaster, educator and journalist with a particular interest in issues surrounding race, masculinity, education and popular culture. Originally from Brixton in London, Jeffrey has taught secondary English for fifteen years. He is a senior teaching fellow at the University of Manchester and has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Leicester.
Jeffrey's books include
Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime;
Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored, and
What is Masculinity? Why Does it Matter? And Other Big Questions. He is also the co-presenter of BBC Radio 4's double award-winning
Add to Playlist. He now lives in Yorkshire with his wife and two sons.
I Heard What You Said is his thought-provoking exploration of dismantling racism in the classroom.
