Jason Okundaye
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| Born | January 30, 1997 Tooting, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | Pembroke College, Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts |
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Jason Osamede Okundaye (born 30 January 1997)[1] is a British writer. He works as a freelance journalist and essayist and has had a column in Tribune.
Early life and education
Okundaye was born in St George's Hospital, Tooting to Nigerian parents and grew up on the Patmore Estate in Battersea.[2][3] He won a scholarship to attend Whitgift School in Croydon.[4] He went on to study Human, Social & Political Sciences at Pembroke College, Cambridge.[5][6][7][8] During his time at the university, he led Black and Minority Ethnic society of the Cambridge Students' Union.[9][10]
Okundaye first caught the media's attention following a series of post on social media about racism in the United Kingdom where he claimed racism manifested in all social groups.[11] Following the coverage, Okundaye experienced racist abuse, death threats and rape threats.[12] [13]
Career
Okundaye is a regular contributor to The Guardian, the London Review of Books, Vice (magazine)|Vice, Dazed, i-D, and GQ.[14][15][5] He became a columnist for Tribune Magazine in 2020.[16]
NME, the New Statesmen, and The Independent[17][18] He is vocal about a number of social and political issues in the United Kingdom, writing about them from a left-wing perspective. He has written about racism in British society, racism in the LGBT community, and specialises in the experiences and history of Black gay men in Britain.[19][20][21] In addition, he covers popular culture and media.
He co-founded the digital archive Black & Gay, Back in the Day with Marc Thompson.[22][23]
Okundaye signed with RCW Literary Agency in summer 2020. In April 2021, he announced his upcoming debut book, Revolutionary Acts, which documents Black British gay history and culture from the 1970s to the present. Faber and Faber won the rights; it is set for a 2024 release.[24][25]
Bibliography
Books
- Revolutionary Acts: Stories of Love, Brotherhood, and Resilience from Black Gay Britain (2024)
Essays
- " " in Black Joy, edited by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Timi Sotire (2021)
References
- ↑ Jason Okundaye (30 January 2020). "It's my birthday today and I'm 23 years old, which is basically 25, which is basically 30. So please enjoy this picture of me chilling with my age mates:". Retrieved 13 April 2021 – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Okundaye, Jason (15 April 2021). "Malachi Kirby". Port Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Jason Okundaye (14 March 2019). "I was born in St George's. Tooting". Retrieved 19 April 2021 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Roberts, Rachel (30 July 2017). "Cambridge student claims 'all white people are racist' in tweets supporting Rashan Charles protests". The Independent. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Okundaye, Jason. "The photo that shaped me: Jason Okundaye on his childhood home". New Statesman. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ Bennett, Rosemary. "All whites are racist' scandal at Cambridge". The Times.
- ↑ "Jason Okundaye". RCW. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ Sanusi, Victoria. "A Black Student Made A Powerful Point About Her Place At Cambridge". Buzzfeed.
- ↑ O’Leary, Abigail. "Head of Cambridge University equality group brands 'all white people racists' after 'praising' east London rioters in shocking tweets". The Mirror.
- ↑ Collier, Hatty. "Police drop probe into Cambridge University student over tweets claiming 'all white people are racist'". Evening Standard.
- ↑ "The rise in right-wing witch hunts against black student leaders has not gone unnoticed". gal-dem.
- ↑ Mills, Jen. "Cambridge student says 'All white people are racist' comment was misconstrued". Metro.
- ↑ Okundaye, Jason. "I was accused of saying all white people are racist. This is what happened next..." The Guardian.
- ↑ "Jason Okundaye". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ "Jason Okundaye". Vice. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ "Jason Okundaye". Tribune. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ "Jason Okundaye". NME. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ "Jason Okundaye". The Independent. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ Okundaye, Jason. "Ted Brown: the man who held a mass kiss-in and made history". The Guardian.
- ↑ "I wanted a space where we could represent, honour and celebrate black queer life in the UK". ITV News.
- ↑ Okundaye, Jason. "Why Hackney Is the Perfect New Home for UK Black Pride". Vice.
- ↑ Okundaye, Jason. "We tried to carve out our own spaces: how the black LGBTQ+ community of the 1980s and 1990s is being honoured online". GQ.
- ↑ Mahon, Leah. "LGBTQ+ History Month: Jason Okundaye and Marc Thompson launch digital archive documenting black queer lives in Britain". The Voice.
- ↑ Comerford, Ruth (19 April 2021). "Faber pre-empts Okundaye's 'beautiful, moving' account of Black gay Britain". The Bookseller. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Raza-Sheikh, Zoya (19 April 2021). "Faber to publish Jason Okundaye's "generation-defining" debut book on queer Black sexuality". Gay Times Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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