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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nesrine Malik

A sprawling global family: The Long Wave turns one

A composite image of pictures used throughout The Long Wave's first year of publication including: Michelle Obama and Stormzy.
Black life in all its texture … We delved into the rich tapestry of untold stories across the globe. Illustration: Dakarai Akil/The Guardian

The Long Wave is one! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year. It genuinely feels as if we are just getting started. When we launched the newsletter, I wrote about how it was born first and foremost out of curiosity, of interest in how we passed our food, culture and habits down and across the world, how we mixed recipes, languages, shared music. Our instinct was that there is a sprawling global family, rich in untold stories. That instinct has been validated and surpassed. What follows is only a small sample of what we have covered over the past year.

Exploring the breadth and depth of the Black diaspora

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