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Blonde Roots
Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2010 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction) | 2010 | Shortlist |
About This Book
In an alternate world where Africans colonized Europe and enslaved its white inhabitants, a young English woman named Doris is kidnapped and transported across the ocean. A satirical inversion of the transatlantic slave trade. Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.
About the Author
Bernardine EvaristoBritish
Bernardine Evaristo was born on 28 May 1959 in Eltham, south-east London, to an English mother and a Nigerian father. Educated at Eltham Hill Grammar School for Girls, she graduated from Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in 1982. In the 1980s, she co-founded Britain's first black women's theatre company, Theatre of Black Women. Read more →
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