Yomi Adegoke on "The List" + British Empire Legacy W/Chagos Islands "Return" - S2 EP15

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Yomi Adegoke on "The List" + British Empire Legacy W/Chagos Islands "Return" - S2 EP15

In this week's Black Political Rant, Kehinde Andrews talks about the positives and negatives of UK foreign secretary David Lammy announcing that Britain will be "returning" sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to the Mauritian government. Highlighting that the larger issue is that Britain and Empire continue to take Black and Brown lives through their legacies and violent presence in the world. For example, a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia (the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago) will remain under UK-US control. He also rants about Kemi Badenoch potentially becoming Britain's first Black Prime Minister after recently reaching the top 2 for the Tory leadership race. -

This week, official guest Yomi Adegoje joins Kehinde Andrews, they talk about her award-winning debut book The List. A novel about secret lives and lives online, including social media, relationships, sexual harassment in the media + more. Yomi shares the process of writing the book, pitching it to agents + more. -

Yomi Adegoke is a multi-award-winning author, broadcaster, and journalist who has a monthly column at The Guardian and is a contributing editor at Elle. In 2018 she co-authored the bestselling book Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible and was named one of the most influential people in London by the Evening Standard. In 2023, her instant Sunday Times bestselling debut novel The List was released and nominated for two British Book Awards. -

YOMI ADEGOKE SOCIALS

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UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o

Foreign Secretary's statement on the Chagos Islands, 7 October 202: Foreign Secretary's statement on the Chagos Islands, 7 October 2024 Foreign Secretary David Lammy gave a statement on the conclusion of negotiations on the exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-oral-statement-on-the-chagos-islands-7-october-2024

Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/4/why-is-the-uk-handing-the-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius

Badenoch and Jenrick reach final two in Tory race https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje343q1zy8o

"'Jesus' of Lubeck" (The first slave ship to arrive in Africa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtgeaRCr3N4

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years By Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/2/how-british-colonial-policy-killed-100-million-indians

New soil study confirms 1943 Bengal famine was caused by Winston Churchill’s policies, not drought https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-and-letters/200832/new-soil-study-confirms-1943-bengal-famine-was

Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169 -

OFFICIAL GUEST LINKS

Yomi Adegoke https://www.yomiadegoke.com/

The List https://www.yomiadegoke.com/the-list

Yomi Adegoke's Guardian Column https://www.theguardian.com/profile/yomi-adegoke -

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