What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Message’

Author: Ta‑Nehisi Coates Ta‑Nehisi Coates’s “The Message” is a work of nonfiction that uses travel and personal reflection to examine race, education, and power. Built as a series of essays, the book opens with Coates addressing the students he taught at Howard University. According to students he once taught, it moves between new experiences and past events from Coates’s life. Three major sections take place in Dakar, Senegal, Columbia, South Carolina, and the West Bank of Palestine. Each location becomes a backdrop for broader themes.

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