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Kingslee James McLean Daley, better known by the stage name Akala, is an English rapper, author, poet, and political activist.

Originally from Kentish Town, London he is the younger brother of rapper/vocalist Ms. Dynamite. In 2006, he was voted the Best Hip Hop Act at the MOBO Awards. He was awarded an honourary doctorate by the University of Brighton in 2018.

In May 2018, Akala published Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire. The book is part memoir, part polemic, on the subject of race in modern Britain.

Akala has given guest lectures at East 15 Acting School, University of Essex, Manchester Metropolitan University, Sydney University, Sheffield Hallam University, Cardiff University, and the International Slavery Museum, as well as a workshop on songwriting at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has also spoken at the Oxford Union.[ He has also been involved in campaigns to 'decolonise' the curriculum including giving a talk at the University of Leicester.

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Books from Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

The Dark Lady

The Ruins Of Empires

Citizen: An American Lyric / Natives / Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race

Invisible Women / Girl, Woman, Other / Queenie / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Born A Crime Stories from a South African Childhood / Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

You Can do Anything (Hip and Hop) (Hip & Hop 1)

Natives / Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging / Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Visions (Part One)

White Fragility / Natives / Black Listed

Me and White Supremacy/ Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks / Natives / Why Im No Longer Talking To White People About Race

White Fragility / Me and White Supremacy / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

How To Be an Antiracist / Me and White Supremacy / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Why Im No Longer Talking to White People About Race / Natives / Black Listed

Women Don't Owe You Pretty / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Women Don't Owe You Pretty / Me and White Supremacy / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

This Book Is Anti-Racist / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire / Me and White Supremacy

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire / Unspeakable: The Autobiography

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race / Think Like a White Man / Natives / Black Listed