REVOLUTIONARY ACTS

AN ORWELL PRIZE FINALIST Announcing the arrival of a major new talent an astonishing work of social history which captures Black gay Britain as never before In this seminal book Okundaye gives us juicy dialogue tears and laughter and vivid landscapes of memory MENDEZ author of Rainbow Milk A sparkling book that is all the more remarkable for being the author s first Okundaye is an outstanding guide to what it means to be black and gay in Britain providing a perspective to the last four decades that is as revelatory as it is important PETER FRANKOPAN author of The Earth Transformed Groundbreaking Okundaye s research and interviews completely recast key moments in Black British history We should be grateful that he has managed to capture a vital moment that at so many points could have been lost for ever LANRE BAKARE GUARDIAN In this landmark work Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage charisma and good humour hungry to tell its past of nightlife resistance political fights loss gossip sex romance and vulgarity Through their conversations he seeks to reconcile the Black and gay narratives of Britain narratives frequently cleaved as distinct and unrelate