Black Convicts replacing Josephine Baker as the

replacing Josephine Baker as the star attraction in a revue at the Casino de Paris and scandalizing her family by appearing on stage semi-nude

Lyriq faces a harrowing question: can she solve the mystery without losing everything she holds dear

a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan

Heartache follows for their three children - Anand

Filled with heady meanderings and sultry secrets

Black Convicts replacing Josephine Baker as theShortlisted for the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards, The University of Queensland Non Fiction Book Award Shortlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Readings Best Books of 2024, Non Fiction The story of Australia's Black convicts has been all but erased from our history. On the First Fleet of 1788, at least 15 convicts were of African descent. By 1840 the number had risen to almost 500. But although some of these lives were documented and their likenesses