Coconut
A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity
$35.92
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2021
Summary
‘Why am I not white like everybody else?’ Nan came and sat on the edge of my bed. ‘What do you mean?’ A tender finger brushed against my cheek. ‘Well, everyone in this house is white. Why am I Black?’
A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the fifties and sixties, privately fostered by white families, then taken to Nigeria by their parents.
Coconut is the story of one of those children.
1963, North London. Nan fosters one-year-old Florence O…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909770652 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1909770655 |
| Author: | Florence Olájídé |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Thread |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 32mm |
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About The Author
Florence Olájídé
Florence is an educator with a passion for improving children’s lives. She caught the teaching bug at thirteen, organising neighbourhood kids into evening classes for homework support. She began her teacher training at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, just shy of her sixteenth birthday. She was a headteacher of a London inner city primary school and is the co-founder of Inspired Futures. Florence has a passion for seeing children achieve their best and ensuring schools provide a first-class education. Florence was shortlisted to attend Penguin Random House’s WriteNow London workshop in 2018.
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