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

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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.

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. Home to William Golding, Sylvia Plath, Kazuo Ishiguro, Sally Rooney, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Max Porter, Ingrid Persaud, Anna Burns and Rachel Cusk, among many others, Faber is proud to publish some of the greatest novelists from the early twentieth century to today. 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. 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. Younge's work retains a sharp and grounded view, exulting the power of community to make change rather than the promises of individuals.His writing has appeared in the New York Times , the New York Review of Books , the Financial Times, GQ, Granta , and beyond.

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. 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. 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? 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.

And I was sorry the young man said that,’ reflected Hughes, ‘for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself.

Gary has made several radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from the tea party to hip hop culture. This advice, which came from older white journalists (pretty much the only older journalists available when I started out), was rarely malicious. 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 a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester in England. 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.With classics such as Ted Hughes's The Iron Man and award-winners including Emma Carroll's Letters from the Lighthouse, Faber Children's Books brings you the best in picture books, young reads and classics. 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. There is much to be frustrated by in the lack of social progress laid bare by Younge's writing, but hope reigns supreme. A fear of being ‘pigeon-holed’ is one of the most common crippling anxieties of any minority in any profession. Formerly a columnist and an editor-at-large at the Guardian, he isan editorial board member of The Nation magazine.

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. 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.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. 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.