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

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These essays speak to his characteristic blend of discernment, clarity and humane vision, a tonic for our fighting spirit in wearying times. 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. 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. Or as the artist Chris Ofili told me, when I asked him during an interview how he responded to the threat of pigeon-holing: ‘Well, pigeons can fly. 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.

It's been formally recognised as a Borough of Sanctuary and is teeming with creative individuals and communities. And I was sorry the young man said that,’ reflected Hughes, ‘for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself. 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.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. There is much to be frustrated by in the lack of social progress laid bare by Younge's writing, but hope reigns supreme. His writing has appeared in the New York Times , the New York Review of Books , the Financial Times, GQ, Granta , and beyond.

A fear of being ‘pigeon-holed’ is one of the most common crippling anxieties of any minority in any profession. Gary Younge is a journalist who throughout his career has shown a commitment to exploring, explaining and challenging his audience--his work . 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.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Granta, GQ, The Financial Times and The New Statesman and made several radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from gay marriage to Brexit. Gary Younge is an author, broadcaster and award-winning columnist for The Guardian, based in Chicago. Gary Younge has been there on the frontline throughout this time, translating history into words fused with truth, power and illumination.