Ta-Nehisi Coates Discusses New Book at Paris Global Center
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A discussion with author, journalist and intellectual Ta-Nehisi Coates about post-colonialism, freedom and cultural memory.
Acclaimed author, journalist and intellectual Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Columbia Global Center Paris to discuss his latest book, The Message.
As part of the center's celebration of Black History Month, Coates will describe his thoughts on post-colonialism, freedom and cultural memory. He will also participate in a discussion with the audience.
Series: Les Encres de l’Atlantique
Les Encres de l'Atlantique is a monthly series curated by Maboula Soumahoro, a fellow at the Institute for Ideas and Imagination in 2023-2024, on black worlds, histories and cultures, while exploring the realities of the African diaspora. The series takes the form of filmic, musical, academic, sociological and literary stopovers that, as they travel the ocean waves and space-time, probe and anchor themselves in the Black African diaspora.
About Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, The Water Dancer and The Message. He is currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the Sterling Brown Endowed Chair in the English department at Howard University. Ta-Nehisi Coates also enjoyed a successful run writing Marvel’s Black Panther (2016-2021) and Captain America (2018-2021) comics series.
