Journalism

A Letter to White Teachers, Teach Primary, January 2024

This is one of the many reasons we need Black History Month, Evening Standard, October 2023

The Magic of Books in Urban Settings, Book Trust, June 2023

Windrush at 75: books that shaped the black British experience, includes contribution from Jeffrey, The Guardian, June 2023

The big idea: do we need to dismantle the literary canon?, The Guardian, June 2023

Author Jeffrey Boakye shares his experience of a school visit: 'It's something I’m going to cherish’, Book Trust, December 2022

What an English Degree Did For Me, Observer New Review, August 2022

Updating Operation Legacy, Writers Mosaic, April 2022

A Brief History of the Playlist, BBC, October 2021

Black History Month: How a playlist by Radio 4’s Jeffrey Boakye sheds light on the black British experience, i newspaper, October 2021

Nine Essential Books on Black British History, Book Trust, August 2021

Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy - Review by Jeffrey Boakye, Writers Mosaic, June 2021

Jeffrey Boakye On The Empowering Impact Of Neneh Cherry, Clash Magazine, June 2021

For Americans, black Britain is the last word in cool, 1843 Magazine, May 2021

On being a black writer and a writer who is black, GQ Magazine, April 2021

BLM Beyond The M25: Jeffrey Boakye On Black Identity Outside London, The Quietus, March 2021

As a teacher during the pandemic, I've realised that a school is a genuine community, Guardian, January 2021

Jeffrey Boakye on race, in Thirty books to help us understand the world in 2020, The Observer, October 2020

Beyond The Blind Spot: Tackling Racism In A Postcolonial Society, Global Strategy Forum think piece, July 2020

The Long, Insidious Shadows of Colonialism, Big Education Lessons From Lockdown, June 2020

Build, Connect, Educate: Why the UK needs to examine its own racism, The Quietus, June 2020

Talking Racism in the UK, Al Jazeera UK, December 2019

How the IKEA Christmas ad brought grime to the masses, Guardian, November 2019

What The Blue Story Ban Tells Us About Racism In Britain, The Quietus, November 2019 

What #AlexFromGlasto shows us about race in the UK, Huck Magazine, July 2019

Stormzy is a political pop hero young people can believe in, Guardian, May 2018

Can grime help heal London’s divisions?, Financial Times, April 2018

Grime: The voice of cohesion, Royal Society of Arts Journal, April 2018

Grime MC Bugzy Malone: When you're from outside London, you'd better be special, feature interview, The Guardian, July 2017 

What Kind Of Party Doesn't Have A DJ? On Politics & Grime, The Quietus, June 2017 

A sharp hairline is a symbol of status and self-worth, Media Diversified, May 2017 

Jeffrey Boakye On Wiley's Godfather, The Quietus, February 2017 

‘Otherness’ in Friends, or Why Ross’ girlfriends had to ethnic, different or weird, Media Diversified, September 2015