Activism

Today Sol Plaatje is celebrated as one of South Africa's most accomplished political and literary figures. A pioneer in the history of the black press, he was one of the founders of the African National Congress in 1912.

Staying Power is recognised as the definitive history of black people in Britain. This new edition includes a foreword by Paul Gilroy explaining the genesis of the book and its continuing significance in black history today.

Ten years on, Terrorist Assemblages remains one of the most influential queer theory texts and continues to reverberate across multiple political landscapes, activist projects, and scholarly pursuits.

There is a current revival of Black Consciousness in South Africa, as political and student movements reconfigure the continued struggle for socio-economic revolution with this ideology at the forefront.

The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man - a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first white people to demand the emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world.