To Be Young, Gifted and Black : Longlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction - Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason Pages:240 pages Bracing and essential

Bracing and essential

'Packed with warmth

the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power

a prisoner of his own legend

To Be Young, Gifted and Black : Longlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction - Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason Pages:240 pages Bracing and essentialWhat does it mean and how does it feel to grow up as a Black artist today?`This exceptional book, written with a mother's love for her seven creative children, sensitively offers profound and original insights and perspectives that enrich our culture. I feel so much wiser for reading it.' Bernardine EvaristoWhen Kadiatu Kanneh Mason's eldest daughter, Isata, made her solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2023, she could not have been prouder. Watching years