These interviews and reports are living history and we owe Younge an incredible debt for capturing these moments. Gary Younge has been there on the frontline throughout this time, translating history into words fused with truth, power and illumination. A fear of being ‘pigeon-holed’ is one of the most common crippling anxieties of any minority in any profession. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

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. The Migration Museum explores how the movement of people to and from Britain across the ages has made us who we are – as individuals and as a nation. Gary has made several radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from the tea party to hip hop culture. Faber Members get access to live and online author events and receive regular e-newsletters with book previews, promotional offers, articles and quizzes. Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and professor of sociology at the University of Manchester in Britain.Younge's work retains a sharp and grounded view, exulting the power of community to make change rather than the promises of individuals. Gary's always impressive writing encompasses the voices of so many people who would otherwise go completely unheard. Dispatches from the Diaspora is a collection of extraordinary range that exemplifies Younge's gift to his readers over the years - a journalism that is sober and clear eyed, but always undergirded by optimism and faith in humanity. One of the first columns I wrote for the Guardian, about the NATO bombing of Bosnia, was spiked because the comment editor at the time thought I should stick to subjects closer to home.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Dispatches from the Diaspora is an unrivalled body of work from a unique perspective that takes you to the frontlines and compels you to engage and to imagine a world in which you might thrive, for which there is no evidence. These essays speak to his characteristic blend of discernment, clarity and humane vision, a tonic for our fighting spirit in wearying times.

Lewisham is the London Borough of Culture 2022 and has a proud history of supporting refugees and migrants. Gary Younge is a journalist who throughout his career has shown a commitment to exploring, explaining and challenging his audience--his work . 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. 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. 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.

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. He is currently the Director, Special Projects at the African Foundation for Development (AFFORD), an international organisation that aims to expand and enhance the contributions the African diaspora make to African development. No other journalist/author I know of, has his intellectual vigour, emotional understanding and grace. Formerly a columnist and an editor-at-large at the Guardian , he is an editorial board member of the Nation magazine and a Type Media fellow. After several years of reporting from all over Europe, Africa, the US and the Caribbean Gary was appointed The Guardian’s New York correspondent in 2003.A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and Black life and death from one of the nation’s leading political voices.