Darren Chetty is a Welsh Indian South African Dutch writer, born in Swansea and living in London.
He is a contributor to the bestselling book, The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla (Unbound). He is co-author, with Adam Ferner, of How To Disagree: Negotiating Difference in a Divided World (Quarto). Darren is a co-editor, with Hanan Issa, Grug Muse and Iestyn Tyne, of Welsh (Plural): Essays on the Future of Wales (Repeater). He has written for Planet, Wales Arts Review, The Welsh Agenda, and Alternative Wales.
He writes, with Karen Sands O’Connor, a regular column for Books for Keeps on the representation of racially minoritised people in British children’s literature. A book based on the columns will be published by the English Media Centre in 2024.
For younger readers, Darren co-authored, with Jeffrey Boakye, What Is Masculinity? Why Does It Matter? And Other Big Questions (Wayland) and contributed to The Mab: Eleven Epic Stories from the Mabinogi edited by Matt Brown and Eloise Williams.
Darren’s doctoral research focuses on education, philosophy for children, multiculturalism and racism. He has published academic work on philosophy, education, racism, dialogue, children’s literature and hip-hop culture. He co-edited Critical Philosophy of Race and Education and has co-edited special issues of Wasafiri, Ethics and Education, and Global Hip-Hop Studies. Darren taught in primary schools for over twenty years and continues to work with schools on policy, curriculum and pedagogy.
