Thread by @Sathnam

Seeing history teachers use #EmpireLand has been thrilling. Didn’t expect it to happen, let alone so quickly. Also amazing that @penguin is now donating 15,000 copies of #EmpireLand to British schools as part of its #litincolour project. 30 for each school sathnam.com/empire

My hope is not to give students a rigid way of seeing empire, but to show them how to talk about empire with nuance, to avoid the basic pitfalls, and to be introduced to a wealth of other history books, some of which I even disagree with. #Empireland

#litincolour aims to introduce students everywhere to writing by writers of colour. I was in final year of university before I read my first brown author, and in my 40s before I started thinking about empire. All too common failure in British education.

https://twitter.com/PenguinUKBooks/status/1409768596339888132

Schools can apply for their free copies of #Empireland and a bunch of other #litincolour titles via this link. Please spread the word.
penguin.co.uk/campaigns/lit-…