Untold Voices
anthology collected by Malorie Blackman - Corgi Books
reviewer Mia Morris
A collection of stories and poems to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade act.
Award winning author of the Noughts and Crosses trilogy, Malorie Blackman has selected a cross section of stories and prose which would suit young people and their parents. A well presented foreword by Malorie gives key aspects of the debate, the book is divided in to 5 unique sections covering Capture and Transportation, the Life of a Slave , Slavery in Britain Towards Freedom and the final section the Legacy of Slavery.
It introduces us to new writers found via a nationwide search with the publishers and www.black-history-month.co.uk so mother, poet, storyteller and lecturer Grace Quansah and school boy 17 year old Daniel Aloysius Francis work is featured with UK based contemporary poets James Berry, Benjamin Zephaniah, John Agard, Grace Nichols as well as work by Alex Haley Lalita Tademy Olaudah Equiano and Frederick Douglas amongst others.
In essence this is a must read, a young persons reader for all who wish to explore and find out more and taken around a rich literary journey around the Legacy of Slavery. |