Peter Burdin is the BBC's former Africa Bureau Chief and World Assignments Editor. He’s reported on major international news stories from Africa, China, the Middle East and India, ...mehr sehenPeter Burdin is the BBC's former Africa Bureau Chief and World Assignments Editor. He’s reported on major international news stories from Africa, China, the Middle East and India, and has won several awards for his journalism including a Sony Award for his documentary series “Return To Sarajevo”.
In addition to writing on African affairs for publications on the continent, he lectures in International Journalism at the African Leadership University and the University of Central Lancashire and works with charities dedicated to improving educational opportunities across Africa, including the Tutu Foundation UK, Southern Africa-UK Trust, and Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA).
He graduated from Leeds University and is a University of Michigan Journalism and Creative Writing Fellow. His wife Christine is a French teacher from Bordeaux and together they have three children and three grandchildren. They inspired him to write this story of the generations that came before them.
He was born and grew up in Longton in Lancashire where this story unfolds.weniger sehen