Tomiwa Owolade (born July 1996) is a Nigerian-born British journalist and author based in London, England.
[2] He is currently a columnist at The Times and contributes to The Observer, The Telegraph,[3] New Statesman[4] and London Evening Standard[5] and BBC Radio 4 documentaries.
In the book, Owolade argues that "too much of the conversation around race in Britain is viewed through the prism of American ideas that don't reflect the history, challenges and achievements of increasingly diverse black populations at home.
[19][20][21][22] In The Guardian, Colin Grant called it a "timely intervention into the politics of identity"[23] and Tony Sewell wrote in The Telegraph that it is "a sensible study".
[26] Kehinde Andrews stated that it was "so spectacularly bad it should never have been published" and coined the term "Uncle Tomiwa"[27] which provoked further controversy.