Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter

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Dispatches from the Diaspora brings together the vibrant journalism of one of the leading Black voices spanning the Atlantic, providing a must-read for anyone interested in the way we understand contemporary issues of race and identity. He has written six books including Dispatches From the Diaspora, From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter; The Speech, The Story Behind Martin Luther King’s Dream; Who Are We? Formerly a columnist and an editor-at-large at the Guardian, he is an editorial board member of The Nation magazine. A fear of being ‘pigeon-holed’ is one of the most common crippling anxieties of any minority in any profession. He reports from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, joins revelers on Chicago's South Side for the evening of Barack Obama's first presidential victory, files from Ferguson as the Black Lives Matter movement starts to make waves around the world, and visits Zimbabwe during the country's descent into crisis.

Granta, GQ, The Financial Times and The New Statesman and made several radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from gay marriage to Brexit. And I was sorry the young man said that,’ reflected Hughes, ‘for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself. The past 30 years saw the end of apartheid, the election of Barack Obama and the foundation of the Black Lives Matter movement.This advice, which came from older white journalists (pretty much the only older journalists available when I started out), was rarely malicious. Reflecting on three decades of his remarkable career as a journalist, Dispatches from the Diaspora is a powerful collection of his writings on race, racism, and Black life and death.

Covering three decades of unparalleled reporting throughout the Black diaspora, this catalog of electrifying yet nuanced dispatches puts readers at the heart of the action, guiding them through world-shaking events, introducing them at first-hand to key players, and solidifying Younge's standing as one of the most important political journalists of his generation. Race in particular, and Black people in general, were a couple of the subjects I wanted to focus on.Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester in England. He is the author of five books, including Another Day in the Death of America (shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Jhalak Prize). Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor “Gary Younge has borne witness to some of the most critical events in the black diaspora in recent times with an honest and humane eye.

Gary Younge is a journalist who throughout his career has shown a commitment to exploring, explaining and challenging his audience--his work . A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation's leading political voices. No single journalist has done more to shape my understanding of Black diaspora’s experiences in the world today – Gary Younge’s is not a first draft of history, but storytelling that will survive us all. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Covering three decades of unparalleled reporting throughout the Black diaspora, this catalog of electrifying yet nuanced dispatches puts readers at the heart of the action, guiding them through world-shaking events, introducing them at first-hand to key players, and solidifying Younge’s standing as one of the most important political journalists of his generation. Being seen only as the thing that makes you different through the lens of those with the power to make that difference matter really is limiting. Gary Younge has borne witness to some of the most critical events in the Black diaspora in recent times with an honest and humane eye. There is much to be frustrated by in the lack of social progress laid bare by Younge's writing, but hope reigns supreme.