Booker prize urged to consider name change over slavery link | Booker prize

The Radio 1Xtra host Richie Brave has said the Booker prize should consider changing its name because of its links to enslavement.

Brave’s legal surname is Booker and his ancestors were enslaved by the founders of the company that originally sponsored the prize.

“I hope that Booker will start asking themselves some questions around the name,” he told the Guardian. “That name was inflicted upon us. As an organisation, you have a choice to change your name to something different.” He said he “personally wouldn’t want to retain a name that’s associated with that”.

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