Philippe Sands: Towards a Less Brutal World
How does the United Nations use the law to hold governments to account? In The Last Colony Philippe Sands QC highlights the case of the Chagos Archipelago. In the 1960s, Britain forcibly removed the inhabitants of the island. Join Sands today in conversation with Professor of the History of Slavery Olivette Otele to explore the riveting and enraging story of the landmark international judgement that brought Britain’s colonial rule in Africa to an end.
Book Festival News
Our response to today's statement from Fossil Free BooksWednesday 15 May
Watch more
Laura Cumming: Seeing the Light; Remembering a Life
Interview - Monica Cantieni (2015)
Outriders Africa: Meet Donna Ogunnaike & Wanjiru Koinange | Edinburgh International Book Festival
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi: Uganda’s First Woman of Fiction
Aravind Adiga (2017 event)
Elif Shafak: If Trees Could Speak
Victoria Hislop speaks with James Runcie at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Patricia Lockwood: Postmodernism for the Internet Generation
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Dipo Faloyin & Howard W French: Africa's Rich Diversity
Interview - Innu Poetry from the Canadian Tundra (2015)