{"product_id":"african-europeans-an-untold-history-9781541619920","title":"African Europeans: An Untold History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling history of Africans in Europe, \"masterfully\" (\u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e) revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize in History  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in\u003ci\u003e African Europeans\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a long history of Europeans of African descent. From the third century, when the Egyptian Saint Maurice became the leader of a Roman legion, all the way up to the present, Otele explores encounters between those defined as \"Africans\" and those called \"Europeans.\" She gives equal attention to the most prominent figures--like Alessandro de Medici, the first duke of Florence thought to have been born to a free African woman in a Roman village--and the untold stories--like the lives of dual-heritage families in Europe's coastal trading towns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrican Europeans \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark celebration of this integral, vibrantly complex slice of European history, and will redefine the field for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivette Otele\u003c\/b\u003e is distinguished research professor at SOAS University of London and former vice president of the Royal Historical Society. She is the first Black woman to be appointed to a professorial chair in history in the UK, and her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the BBC's \u003ci\u003eHistory Extra\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50621199253778,"sku":"9781541619920","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae05e6a4-55a2-484d-970b-c08954c1dd0c.jpg?v=1732582935","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/african-europeans-an-untold-history-9781541619920","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}