Race and the Colour-Line: The Boundaries of Europeanness in Poland

Premised on critical race theory and drawing on ethnographic research, this book explores the everyday racial experiences of people of colour from sub-Saharan African descent living in Poland, examining the ways in which the momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the fore the obscurities of race and racism in the country.

Bolaji Balogun is a Sociologist based in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK, where his research focuses on Colonization, Race, and Racialization in Central and Eastern Europe, with a specific focus on Poland. He holds the prestigious Leverhulme Trust ECR Fellowship. He is a visiting Scholar in the Department of International Relations at Krakow University of Economics, Poland, and previously held the Leverhulme Trust Fellowship Abroad at the same University in Poland. He is also a visiting Scholar at The Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, City University of New York, United States. He received his Doctorate from the University of Leeds, UK.