Following are some pieces I've written, mainly for the UK press. I'll add to these when I dig out my old computer!....


Young, Black, Gifted and Confused
(Cover Story, 'Race in Britain' supplement, 'The Observer') 2nd September 2001

Slavery Q and A
(On Britain's abolition of the slave trade) 2007

Pretty Is The New Black
(Dinner Speech on Black-British aesthetics, Howard University) 2006

The African psyche
('New Statesman') 2005

On Babyfathers
('The Guardian') 2002

Guest of Honour Speech for Zimbabwe's 75 Best Books
(Great Indaba, Harare) 2004

Searching for a black face in Eden, England
('The Guardian') 2000

UK Cricket's decline
('Index on Censorship') 2003

On the new black middle-class
('The Observer') 2002

I Lost My Heart in Durban
('Travel, The Guardian') 2002


Education:

Public Schools
('The Sunday Times') 2003

UK Black Education
('Evening Standard') 2002 / various media


Arts:

White Lines: Black folk in Victorian art
('The Guardian') 2005

African Literature
('The Times') 2005

The Dedication Business
('Daily Telegraph') 2000

Slovenian Anthology of New British Writing - Introduction
2004

New Writing - Introduction
(published by Picador) 2003


Reviews:

London Calling, by Sukhdev Sandhu
('The Daily Telegraph') 2003

Books of the Year
('The Observer') 2004

The Map of Love, by Ahdaf Soueif
('The Guardian') 1999

The Atlantic Sound, by Caryl Phillips
('The Times') 2000

The Hip-hop Years, Channel 4
('Black Film Bulletin') 2000

IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain edited by Courttia Newland and Kadija Sesay
('The Times') 2000


Papers / Mags I've written for over the years:  Every British national newspaper apart from 'The Sun' and 'The Star'. Magazines like 'The Face', ‘The Literary Review’, 'the New Statesman', Index on Censorship'...I was also a columnist at 'New Nation'. Pieces have ranged from cultural essays and think pieces to reportage and book reviews.

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