Rachel Ghansah Dylann Roof

The making of dylann roof i decided that if he would not tell us his story then i would read more.

Rachel ghansah dylann roof.

Last week i won the national magazine award for feature writing. Essayist rachel kaadzi ghansah is the author of the haunting portrait of dylann roof the murderer who calmly walked into charleston s c s mother emanuel ame church and killed nine people inside. In 2016 rachel kaadzi ghansah ba culture and media 06 traveled to charleston s c. A burgeoning bald patch almost made him look like a young demented monk with a tonsure.

A most american terrorist. Where she spent three. Rachel kaadzi ghansah describes sc church shooter dylann roof in incredibly detailed and visual language. Dylann roof was.

Today ghansah was awarded the 2018 pulitzer prize for feature writing for her intimate searing portrait of mother emanuel shooter and white supremacist dylann roof in gq magazine. By rachel kaadzi ghansah. Ghansah s powerful narrative weaves together reportage first person reflection and analysis of the historical and cultural forces that brought. Hear rachel kaadzi ghansah discuss this article which won the pulitzer prize on the longform podcast.

She won a pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2018 for her profile of white supremacist and mass murderer dylann roof as well as a national magazine award she was also a national magazine award finalist in 2014 for her profile of elusive comedian dave chappelle her first book the explainers and the explorers is. Rachel kaadzi ghansah went to south carolina to write about the trial of dylann roof. Rachel kaadzi ghansah 06 wins pulitzer for profile of terrorist dylann roof. Rachel kaadzi ghansah s reporting on the culture of white supremacy that shaped dylann roof was emotionally morally and even physically brave while her writing was bracing startling and brilliantly structured.

Here is the award citation. He s the white man convicted of murdering eight black parishioners and their pastor at charleston s historic. Rachel kaadzi ghansah born 1982 is an american award winning essayist.