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

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Faber Members get access to live and online author events and receive regular e-newsletters with book previews, promotional offers, articles and quizzes. There is much to be frustrated by in the lack of social progress laid bare by Younge's writing, but hope reigns supreme. 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. Between following Nelson Mandela during his first election campaign in South Africa and reflecting on a journey to Barbados to bury his mother, Gary Younge here interviews major figures including Angela Davis, Maya Angelou, Desmond Tutu, and the Grime artist Stormzy. No other journalist/author I know of, has his intellectual vigour, emotional understanding and grace.

In the last thirty years, no one has chronicled the most important events in Black life across the globe than Gary Younge. His writing has appeared in the New York Times , the New York Review of Books , the Financial Times, GQ, Granta , and beyond. Gary has made several radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from the tea party to hip hop culture. Younge's work retains a sharp and grounded view, exulting the power of community to make change rather than the promises of individuals. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.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? 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. 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.

Formerly a columnist at The Guardian he is an editorial board member of the Nation magazine, the Alfred Knobler Fellow for Type Media and winner of the 2023 Orwell Prize for Journalism.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. Lewisham is the London Borough of Culture 2022 and has a proud history of supporting refugees and migrants. 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. These essays speak to his characteristic blend of discernment, clarity and humane vision, a tonic for our fighting spirit in wearying times. Gary Younge has been there on the frontline throughout this time, translating history into words fused with truth, power and illumination.

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. 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.

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.