Booker prize urged to consider name change over slavery link

Radio DJ Richie Brave, whose ancestors were enslaved, says organisers should be ‘asking themselves some questions’

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.