{"product_id":"9781804440087-between-starshine-and-clay-conversations-from-the-african-diaspora","title":"Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Sarah Ladipo Manyika\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Hardback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 288\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Bernardine Evaristo Award-winning author and cultural critic Sarah Ladipo Manyika takes us on aremarkable journey across contemporary cultural and political landscapes as she talks to some ofthe most distinguished black thinkers of our times, including Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison andWole Soyinka, and civic leaders first lady MichelleObama and Senator Cory Booker.   We meet activists, artists and intellectuals who have been deeply involved inshaping the gripping debates of public discourse. With grace and energy, Manyika searches for truthwith poet Claudia Rankine and historian Henry Louis Gates, who leads the Hutchins Center forAfrican \u0026amp; African American Research at HarvardUniversity (the world's largest such centre). She discusses race and gender with South African filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole and American actor Anna D. Smith. She interrogates the world around uswith parliamentarian Lord Michael Hastings and civil-rights activist Pastor Evan Mawarire, whodared to take on President Robert Mugabe and lived to tell the tale.   Each encounter is incisive, powerful and erudite; together they represent a vital gathering ofideas that speak to us all: on racial reckoning and decolonisation,structural and systemic inequalities, and the role of the artist, activist, and public intellectualin society. Each conversation is also intimate and special, allowing for deep insights into thecomplex issues discussed. While these are well-knownfigures and exemplary in their respective fields, Manyika's skill, warmth and unique friendshipwith each allow us to see the person behind their public profile.   In journeys that book-end the collection, Manyika reflects on her own experience of being seen aswhite in Nigeria, African in England, Arab in France, coloured in South Africa and black inAmerica, while feeling the least black and most human amon erfellow travellers, explorers all, against the sharp white relief of the South Pole.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48226093039835,"sku":"9781804440087","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9781804440087-us-300.jpg?v=1770346269","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781804440087-between-starshine-and-clay-conversations-from-the-african-diaspora","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}