THE SPACE BETWEEN BLACK & WHITE
A MIXED-RACE MEMOIR BY ESUANTSIWA JANE GOLDSMITH
Author of prizewinning Mixed-Race memoir, published by Jacaranda Books, March 2020, #twentyin2020.
Raised in 1950s South London and Norfolk with a white, working-class family, Esua’s education in racial politics was immediate and personal. From Britain and Scandinavia to Italy and Tanzania, she tackled inequality wherever she saw it, establishing an inspiring legacy in the Women’s lib and Black Power movements.
Plagued by questions of her heritage and the inability to locate all pieces of herself, crossing countries and continents over 6 decades, she traces her roots to Ghana to discover an extraordinary family heritage.
Illuminating her inner journey growing up mixed-race in Britain, Esua Jane Goldsmith's unique memoir exposes the isolation and ambiguities, as well as the joys, that often come with being ‘an only’.
Esua pictured here reading her memoir for Audible
“A tale of love, comradeship, and identity crises, Esua’s rise to the first Black woman president of Leicester University Students’ Union and Queen Mother of her village, is inspiring, honest, and full of heart.”
"The Space Between Black and White" a Mixed-Race memoir by Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith.
Published 3rd March 2020
“Knowing who you are, where you’re from, and your beginnings, is the only way you can find out where you’re going, and who and what you can become.”
