video: meet the author ta-nehisi coates

Last week, we had the immense pleasure of welcoming American author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates. Rarely seen on stage, the author of The Case for Reparations and Between the World and Me answered excellent questions from Estelle-Sarah Bulle, our author in residence for December at Passa Porta. Based on his latest essay, The Message, the discussion covered his youth in West Baltimore, the comparative realities of Black identity in the United States and France, the legacy of slavery, his discovery of Shakespeare and hip hop, the respective values of inspiration and work, and the need for stories and commitment—as during his recent trip to Palestine. A powerful moment.