--- product_id: 197322894 title: "Afropean: Notes from Black Europe" brand: "johny pittspenguin audio" price: "AED 126" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/197322894-afropean-notes-from-black-europe store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # Afropean: Notes from Black Europe **Brand:** johny pittspenguin audio **Price:** AED 126 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by johny pittspenguin audio - **How much does it cost?** AED 126 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/197322894-afropean-notes-from-black-europe) ## Best For - johny pittspenguin audio enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted johny pittspenguin audio brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Afropean: Notes from Black Europe - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91ntIU0z3sL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blew me away! *by M***B on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2022* Johny Pitts takes us with him on his travels around Europe as he explores Afropean connections. I loved the way he goes from particular details of his travels to broader discussions of what is happening now, to fascinating and enlightening history about Afropean-ness, in a fluid and gripping way. This book kept me up reading late into the night. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Revelatory and Insightful *by D***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2019* Johny Pitts leads a thoroughly researched and meticulously constructed journey through a Europe that is utterly familiar to many, yet rarely given representational standing room in the European culture industries. The usual narrative of Europe- of great achievements, classical civilizations, misty recollections of Empires without consequences and a contemporary story of business minded liberalism - is revealed as utterly defunct, hurtling towards an imagined future that doesn’t exist. It is the Europe of Pitt’s journey which is the ‘real’ one, for want of a less certain word. In this Europe, the complex intersections and extractions of various kinds of colonial expansions and their aftermaths, and the impossibility of separating that story from that of the contemporary world , are located precisely where they belong - at the centre of the story of a continent whose cultures and societies have been utterly shaped by the events of the last 550 years. That Pitts ends his journey in the south, in an Iberia whose people and culture is also inextricably intertwined with the African continent, both through the colonialism that followed the Reconquista, where a triumphant Christianity, allied with Northern European royalty, erased the memory of a place and people who perhaps embodied the original Afropean society, and set in motion the wheels of the idea of Europe that would artificially separate it from its embedness in networks of complicity and exploitation around the world. This is also a story told from a working class perspective, another rarely articulated lens, and it is the warmth and generative possibilities of Johnny Pitts narration, unapologetically complex, whilst always in recognition and respect of the cooperations between people on the margins of power that makes not only survival, but also beauty and love, which may not look like mainstream idealizations of those twin aspirations for the good life, thrive. This is writing at its best. Down to earth, unpretentious, unafraid of the messiness and cracks in narratives of authenticity, deeply human and desperately needed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An astonishing work *by W***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2019* Johny Pitts takes us on a journey through Black Europe, attempting to understand what a common 'Afropean' identity might look like.In doing so, he takes the reader to unfamiliar places in familiar cities. Conversations with nightclub bouncers, activists and shop workers are beautifully interspersed with understudied histories of Black Europe, as well as his own experiences growing up in Sheffield.He takes us away from academic and polemist styles of writing that too often fail to detail Black people's full humanity. Instead, it's a book that sincerely cares about its subjects (both living and historical) and does this by showing the people he meets in their fullness - their contradictions, hopes, realities and viewpoints are never obscured for the sake of trying to make a political point.It's a deeply personal book. Impressive both in its breadth and depth and superbly written - couldn't recommend enough! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/197322894-afropean-notes-from-black-europe](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/197322894-afropean-notes-from-black-europe) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-07-27*