In the western imagination, a Black man is always a stranger. Outsider, foreigner, intruder, alien. One who remains associated with their origins irrespective of how far they have travelled from them. One who is not an individual in their own right but the representative of a type.
What kind of performance is required for a person to survive this condition? And what happens beneath the mask?
In The Strangers, Ekow Eshun conjures the voices of five very different men. Ira Aldridge: nineteenth century actor and playwright. Matthew Henson: polar explorer. Frantz Fanon: psychiatrist and political philosopher. Malcolm X: activist leader. Justin Fashanu: million-pound footballer. Each a trailblazer in his field. Each haunted by a sense of isolation and exile. Each reaching for a better future.
For our next BB Members Perk, we will be giving away 10 copies of The Strangers to 10 BB members!
For this BB Members Perk, we are looking for Black women who:
π Loves a good book & prepared to provide a review
π¬π§ Are UK based
πΈπΎ Are of course, Black Ballad members
Please note:
πͺπΎ We will give BB Members the opportunity to sign up for The Strangers until Thursday 17th October at 10am.
πͺπ½ Please note that being a Black Ballad Member does not guarantee you a book. Winners will be chosen at via a random number generator and announced in Friday 18th October's Members Round Up
Unfortunately, this BB Perk has ended. Visit Black Ballad Perks for up-to-date information about our current perks.
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