DISPATCHES FROM THE DIASPORA, from Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter

366pp., paperback, Reprint, Faber, London, (2023) 2024

ISBN: 9780571391158

A collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death, written during Gary Younge's 28-year-long journalistic career, almost half of which he spent in the USA. Most of the pieces are from the Guardian, where he spent 25 of those years.

"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. This book is a reminder of why his work is as timeless and vital as ever." Afua Hirsch

"The past 30 years saw the end of apartheid, the election of Barack Obama and the foundation of the Black Lives Matter movement. Gary Younge has been there on the frontline throughout this time, translating history into words fused with truth, power and illumination." David Lammy

Gary Younge is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. Formerly a columnist and an editor-at-large for the Guardian, he is an editorial board member of The Nation magazine. He has written five books, including Another Day in the Death of America; Who Are We? And Should it Matter in the 21st Century, and No Place Like Home, A Black Briton’s journey through the Deep South. His writing has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, the Financial Times, GQ, the New Statesman and beyond, and he has made several radio and TV documentaries. He lives in London.