April-Louise Pennant is a socially, politically engaged scholar-activist and consultant who combines cutting edge research in the social sciences and humanities with education, policy impact and community engagement. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Birmingham, UK, is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Cardiff University, UK and a Research Associate in the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET) at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. Her work champions and centres Black voices, experiences, and contributions to reverse erasure and challenge dominant white narratives.

Babygirl, You’ve Got This! is an important contribution to both education research and anti-oppressive approaches to working with the lived experiences of people whose voices are often marginalized or ‘othered’. Pennant’s bold and brave approach...foregrounds the experiences of Black girls and women through composite characters, offering a vivid and authentic portrayal of Black girls and women’s experiences of education in England.

• DedicationAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Who's Checkin' for Black Girls and Women?Chapter 1: Becoming Dr April-LouiseChapter 2: The Devaluation of Black Girls and WomenChapter 3: The Educational SteeplechaseChapter 4: Being the only Black girl or WomanChapter 5: Being one of Many Black girls or WomenChapter 6: Educational 'Success' or Unnecessary Stress?Chapter 7: Strength, Resilience and Black Women's Education PowerChapter 8: Now is the Time to Overstand!NotesMethodological AppendixResourcesBibliographyIndex

April-Louise Pennant is a socially, politically engaged scholar-activist and consultant who combines cutting edge research in the social sciences and humanities with education, policy impact and community engagement. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Birmingham, UK, is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Cardiff University, UK and a Research Associate in the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET) at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. Her work champions and centres Black voices, experiences, and contributions to reverse erasure and challenge dominant white narratives.

Babygirl, You’ve Got This! is an important contribution to both education research and anti-oppressive approaches to working with the lived experiences of people whose voices are often marginalized or ‘othered’. Pennant’s bold and brave approach...foregrounds the experiences of Black girls and women through composite characters, offering a vivid and authentic portrayal of Black girls and women’s experiences of education in England.

• DedicationAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Who's Checkin' for Black Girls and Women?Chapter 1: Becoming Dr April-LouiseChapter 2: The Devaluation of Black Girls and WomenChapter 3: The Educational SteeplechaseChapter 4: Being the only Black girl or WomanChapter 5: Being one of Many Black girls or WomenChapter 6: Educational 'Success' or Unnecessary Stress?Chapter 7: Strength, Resilience and Black Women's Education PowerChapter 8: Now is the Time to Overstand!NotesMethodological AppendixResourcesBibliographyIndex

April-Louise Pennant is a socially, politically engaged scholar-activist and consultant who combines cutting edge research in the social sciences and humanities with education, policy impact and community engagement. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Birmingham, UK, is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Cardiff University, UK and a Research Associate in the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET) at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. Her work champions and centres Black voices, experiences, and contributions to reverse erasure and challenge dominant white narratives.

Babygirl, You’ve Got This! is an important contribution to both education research and anti-oppressive approaches to working with the lived experiences of people whose voices are often marginalized or ‘othered’. Pennant’s bold and brave approach...foregrounds the experiences of Black girls and women through composite characters, offering a vivid and authentic portrayal of Black girls and women’s experiences of education in England.

• DedicationAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Who's Checkin' for Black Girls and Women?Chapter 1: Becoming Dr April-LouiseChapter 2: The Devaluation of Black Girls and WomenChapter 3: The Educational SteeplechaseChapter 4: Being the only Black girl or WomanChapter 5: Being one of Many Black girls or WomenChapter 6: Educational 'Success' or Unnecessary Stress?Chapter 7: Strength, Resilience and Black Women's Education PowerChapter 8: Now is the Time to Overstand!NotesMethodological AppendixResourcesBibliographyIndex