I Saw Akala Speak Live — Here’s What I Learned

Well-spoken, well-researched and highly eloquent

Hana Makhlouf
3 min readOct 31, 2022
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala (image source)

Recently, I had the privilege of attending a talk by Akala at work. This was part of a series of events organised for Black History Month.

For context, I read Natives (a book by Akala) about 2 years ago. This was my introduction to Black British history and gave me the…

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Hana Makhlouf

Software engineer by day. Passionate about everything tech, reading and self-development👩🏽‍💻