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These Heavy Black Bones

Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell

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      *Listed as one of TIME's 18 Black leaders working to end the racial wealth gap*In Kenya the pool was green and surrounded by concrete so hot it burnt the soles of her small feet. She didn't know any different. A decade later she would be double British Champion and the first Black woman ever to swim for Great Britain. But this story is not about making history.As her body and mind are sharpened through gruelling training, press scrutiny and the harshness of adolescence, Rebecca questions who she is swimming for and what the onward journey to the Olympics will cost her.A compulsive and unforgettable study of intensity, These Heavy Black Bones meditates on Blackness, identity and the ecstasy of peak physical performance. In stunning prose, Rebecca charts her career's ascent, her singular love of the water, and lays bare the pressures within her swimming world.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell EAN: 9781805300441 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: HEIGHT: 220 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Canongate Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2024-06-06 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Swimming & Diving WIDTH: 144 cm SPINE:

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      Memoirs, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Trauma and shock, Swimming

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      Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell is an ex-elite athlete who swam for both Great Britain and Kenya over a 10-year career. She is a former British Champion, world number one and the first Black woman ever to swim for Great Britain. Her 2019 documentary, Breakfast in Kisumu, which she directed and produced, premiered at renowned film festival, IDFA, and her essay, 'Hegemanic America' ­- on immigration and interracial relationships - won the 2021 US 'Justice For' Essay Prize. Honoured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2023 in the Social Impact category and selected as one of TIME's 18 Black leaders working to end the racial wealth gap, Rebecca is also the CEO of the 10,000 Interns Foundation, a non-profit that champions underrepresented talent by creating paid internship opportunities. Prior to this, she founded and ran NKG, a creative strategy and media agency focused on social change projects. Rebecca studied Fine Art at the University of Oxford, Brasenose College. She lives in London but still calls Kenya home. These Heavy Black Bones is her first book.@raajulubushell | raajulubushell

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      *Listed as one of TIME's 18 Black leaders working to end the racial wealth gap*In Kenya the pool was green and surrounded by concrete so hot it burnt the soles of her small feet. She didn't know any different. A decade later she would be double British Champion and the first Black woman ever to swim for Great Britain. But this story is not about making history.As her body and mind are sharpened through gruelling training, press scrutiny and the harshness of adolescence, Rebecca questions who she is swimming for and what the onward journey to the Olympics will cost her.A compulsive and unforgettable study of intensity, These Heavy Black Bones meditates on Blackness, identity and the ecstasy of peak physical performance. In stunning prose, Rebecca charts her career's ascent, her singular love of the water, and lays bare the pressures within her swimming world.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell EAN: 9781805300441 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: HEIGHT: 220 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Canongate Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2024-06-06 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Swimming & Diving WIDTH: 144 cm SPINE:

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      Memoirs, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Trauma and shock, Swimming

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      Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell is an ex-elite athlete who swam for both Great Britain and Kenya over a 10-year career. She is a former British Champion, world number one and the first Black woman ever to swim for Great Britain. Her 2019 documentary, Breakfast in Kisumu, which she directed and produced, premiered at renowned film festival, IDFA, and her essay, 'Hegemanic America' ­- on immigration and interracial relationships - won the 2021 US 'Justice For' Essay Prize. Honoured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2023 in the Social Impact category and selected as one of TIME's 18 Black leaders working to end the racial wealth gap, Rebecca is also the CEO of the 10,000 Interns Foundation, a non-profit that champions underrepresented talent by creating paid internship opportunities. Prior to this, she founded and ran NKG, a creative strategy and media agency focused on social change projects. Rebecca studied Fine Art at the University of Oxford, Brasenose College. She lives in London but still calls Kenya home. These Heavy Black Bones is her first book.@raajulubushell | raajulubushell

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