We Were There: How Black Culture, Resistance and Community Shaped Modern Britain By Lanre Bakare Material:Hard Cover she can maintain control over

she can maintain control over her dynasty

Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people

leaving the younger Prince Corrick to take on the brutal role of the King's Justice

In Clever Girl

and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life

We Were There: How Black Culture, Resistance and Community Shaped Modern Britain By Lanre Bakare Material:Hard Cover she can maintain control overWe Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored the one that exists beyond London. **An Esquire and GQ best book of 2025, an Observer book of the summer, an Independent book of the month, and a Guardian book to look forward to** 'A vital corrective that enhances our understanding of black British history' STEVE MCQUEEN From the late 1970s to the early 1990s Britain was in tumult: rocked by Margaret Thatchers