I particularly liked this quote: “You can form your own opinions about any books-whether they are written by Rudyard Kipling or anyone else (including this one).” There are also tips hen to ask questions and the debates pupils could have in schools. Yes Sanghera says a belief in one’s own exceptionalism is dangerous and he thinks there should be a statue of Charles Ignatius Sancho in this country, but at other times he reminds his readers that they should decide for themselves when judging our historical past. 28, 2023 A British Sikh journalist and documentarian probes the lasting effects of one of the biggest white supremacist enterprises in the history of humanity. It is hard to believe Sanghera has not written a children’s book before given how he writes about the subject in a way that is both engaging and informative for children, and what is truly cheering is the confidence he has in young people to make up their own minds. RT WaterstonesWton: Coming in early June from best-selling Wolverhampton author Sathnam Sanghera, Stolen History is a book for younger readers (9+) about the British Empire. EMPIRELAND HOW IMPERIALISM HAS SHAPED MODERN BRITAIN by Sathnam Sanghera RELEASE DATE: Feb. Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain. Empireland lays the legacy of British imperialism at the door of the modern. Smart and insightful, this expertly structured book is full of fascinating and often troubling facts from British history, such as how Charles II helped found the Royal African Company and the racist history of fingerprinting. Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi parents in the West Midlands in 1976. In twelve chapters Sanghera examines the social, economic and geographic impact of a global empire on its motherland. Sanghera, a Cambridge-educated journalist of Sikh Punjabi heritage born in Wolverhampton, concedes that he is approaching his subject surprisingly given his ethnic background unsurprisingly given his British education as something of a novice. “Sanghera, the critically acclaimed author of Empireland brings the same subject to children aged nine plus with this timely book about the British Empire and how it has shaped the world we live in.

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