Paperback Launch: Settlers - Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London
A celebration to mark the paperback launch of Settlers - Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London by Jimi Famurewa.
Described as “a wide-ranging survey of the cultural and economic life of London’s African diaspora”, Jimi Famurewa’s Settlers has become one of the must read books of the summer. Sombre, joyful yet also thoughtful and powerful, Settlers documents 21st century Black migration to the suburbs and a shift from transience to a sense of belonging.
Join us to mark the paperback launch of Settlers - Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London with a Q&A hosted by Sanjit Chudha, Director of Audiences at Museum of the Home, discussion and book signing. Expect snacks, beers from 40ft Brewery and Eko Brewery as well as wines from Amandla and a Yoruba band.
About Jimi Famurewa
Jimi Famurewa is a British-Nigerian author, broadcaster and freelance journalist. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Wired, Empire, and Time Out. He is the restaurant critic for the Evening Standard, regular guest judge on the BBC One series MasterChef and was also one of the judges on Channel 4’s The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver. In 2021, he won Restaurant Writer of the Year at both the Fortnum & Mason Awards and the Guild of Food Writers Awards. His short story, ‘Teddybird’, was shortlisted for the 2017 Guardian/4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize and as an interviewer he has profiled Black African Londoners including Idris Elba, John Boyega and Skepta. He lives in south-east London with his family.
Campaign for Change Ambassador
Jimi Famurewa is the ambassador for our Food Equality Campaign for Change, supporting Londoners of all ages to access good food at home and reduce food insecurity.
“Food can be such a powerful vessel for joy, independence and cultural connection. This has long been a core part of my work as a journalist and broadcaster, and so I'm really excited about working as an ambassador for Museum of the Home's Food Equality campaign to help explore these themes and raise awareness at a time when issues around food insecurity have never been more pertinent.”