Dark Laboratory

A necessary, much needed cri de coeur, a thoroughly compelling book about the climate crisis and the Caribbean region. Dark Laboratory is utterly unique to read; it is punch the air, punch in the gut, heart palpitations thrilling. Goffe isn't just a scholar of the current climate emergency but a poet and a feminist who joins the dots . . . Every page is mixed with heart and conviction. Mandatory reading on climate and the Caribbean region -- Monique Roffey, author of 'The Mermaid of Black Conch' Hugely important . . . A truly illuminating book that joins the dots on the ideologies and realities that underpin our world, written with clarity, passion, insight and a frequently beautiful poetic turn of phrase. Essential reading for anyone with a curiosity over the true shape of global structures, and the intersections of identity, colonialism, capitalism and the climate crisis -- Jeffrey Boakye, author of 'Black, Listed' A work of searching curiosity and intelligence that traces the connections between colonial power, racial violence and the perilous state of our planet today, while also sketching a path to a more liveable, less unequal future. It is a necessary book and an important one -- Ekow Eshun, author of 'The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them' Nimble and prophesying, truthful and rigorous, Professor Tao Leigh Goffe roots the climate crisis to its true origins - the exploitation of people of colour - without hyperbole or lambast. This is the way it is. In having the knowledge, determination and simple intent to go where others have not, Dark Laboratory is a benchmark, both for experts within the climate struggle, and those wishing to know more. A vital, compelling and nuanced addition to the most pressing debate of modern times -- Courttia Newland, author of 'A River Called Time' This timely book illuminates the connections between colonization and climate change by providing poignant real-world examples which expose the historically illiterate thinking of powerful nations on this topic -- Corinne Fowler, author of 'Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain' A fantastic, galvanising read. A clarion call on climate issues through a Caribbean lens --  Irenosen Okojie, author of 'Nudibranch' Goffe offers a compelling treatise for our time . . . This is a book that will expand the conventional wisdoms and vocabularies and reset our imaginary. It journeys across a vast territory of mobilities and ecologies, engaging with a range of indigenous knowledges in a stimulating and at times personal post-colonial account that communicates joy and optimism -- Charlotte Williams, author of 'Sugar and Slate' An illuminating and vital redress of the climate crisis . . . I’m desperately glad that scholars like Tao are doing this crucial work -- Paula Akpan, author of 'When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and Warriors' The lens on climate change I have been wanting to see through. Goffe’s pertinent and compelling study reveals the field of natural history’s entanglement with the Caribbean region, and the lasting effects of this extraction on environment and people. Dark Laboratory expertly connects our present climate crisis with colonial capitalism in the Caribbean. -- Dr. Zakiya Mckenzie, author of 'Testimonies on the History of Jamaica Vol. 1' An urgent exploration of race, climate, and the devastating colonial experimentation with human lives and the natural world. It explodes conventional thinking about the crushing effects of profit-mongering, then unexpectedly, leads us back to sources of original power and ways of knowing who we are. Tao Leigh Goffe is a courageous, big-picture thinker who leaves no leaf unturned -- Gretel Ehrlich, author of 'The Solace of Open Spaces'