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A wonderful celebration of the fascinating and seldom heard stories of Britain’s Black nurses.
From ancient and medieval Africa, through colonization and enslavement, through wars, times of great change and onwards … to the creation of the NHS and beyond, the story of nursing has always also been the story of Britain’s Black nurses. This story includes many incredible nurses from around the world: talented, skillful, innovative, hardworking and resilient
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This is Book 4 in Kandace Chimbiri’s series, New Black Histories, which also covers the topics of Windrush, Afro hair and black British airmen. Her story of black British nurses is broken down into 14 chapters and includes an introduction in which the author states, ‘The story of Britain’s black nurses also includes countries outside of Britain’, and this story is covered too. Chapters include: Ancient and Medieval Africa; Caring During Enslavement; The stories of both Mary Seacole and Couba Cornwallis; Nurses in Victorian Britain, Black British nurses in Britain both before and after 1950, and A Brighter Future. The book is illustrated in colour throughout, and the use of differing fonts make the pages interesting and exciting to delve into. and incudes a glossary and ideas for further reading. The Story of Britain’s Black Nurses’ fits British KS2 and International Baccalaureate PYP curricula, and the author herself states that these books are for everyone aged 8 to 80. ‘Tooled Up Education’ have also worked alongside the author to put together a free, exciting and well thought out download that can be used in conjunction with this book to look at the topic of the black British nurse.
Author – Kandace N. Chimbiri
Illustrator – Simone Douglas & Jael Umerah Makelemi
Publisher – Scholastic
Format – Hardback
Pub date – 2024
ISBN – 9780702314452
Pages – 71
Dimensions – 142mm x 213mm
Weight – 208g
