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Amplify Black Voices: Book recommendations, by Caroline Whitham

As part of our Amplify Black Voices series, Caroline Whitham, Finance & Administration Worker at
Scottish PEN, shares her reading recommendations.

July 30, 2020
Gary Younge speaks at English PEN event to celebrate the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth

Amplify Black Voices Profile: Gary Younge

Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and academic whose work serves as a great jumping-off point and deep dive into matters of race in Britain, the United States and beyond, as well as delving into a range of subjects that include knife crime, gay marriage and Brexit.

July 29, 2020
wole soyinka

Amplify Black Voices Profile: Wole Soyinka

A profile of Nobel Laureate in Literature (1986) and Nigerian poet, Wole Soyinka.

July 21, 2020
Nuruddin Farah

Amplify Black Voices Profile: Nuruddin Farah

Nuruddin Farah is a Somali novelist. He has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays.

July 16, 2020
Dr Stella Nyanzi

Amplify Black Voices Profile: Dr Stella Nyanzi

A profile of radical poet, writer and activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi, accompanied by three poems.

July 15, 2020
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Amplify Black Voices

Scottish PEN is delighted to be supporting the #AmplifyBlackVoices campaign over the coming weeks. We will be highlighting black writers we work with, sharing the work of black writers at risk of imprisonment internationally, and reflecting on how the fight for racial justice ties with writers’ right to freedom of expression.

July 15, 2020

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