My Memoirs – released 16 September 2021
Dreams From My Mother is an inspiring story about childhood, race, identity, family, friendship, hope and what makes us who we are. Ultimately, it is an incredibly moving story of a mother and a daughter separated by society, but united in the dreams they shared for her future.
It’s 1947 and a sheltered Catholic girl is studying Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the first one in her family to go to university – and then she discovers that she’s pregnant. The father is also a student at Cambridge, studying law. And he is black. Read more.
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu has continued her work throughout her retirement, and helped to bring to the nation’s attention how Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on Black and Asian communities.
She was awarded the Order of Merit in 2022, named a BBC 100 Women of the Year in 2020 and made a Dame in 2017.
