Career
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Okundaye worked in policy, seeing his writing as a side hobby. He then quit his job to freelance as a writer full time. [13]
He has been a regular contributor to The Guardian , the London Review of Books , Vice , Dazed , i-D , GQ , the Evening Standard , and Bustle . [14] [15] [7] He has also written for NME , the New Statesman , British Vogue , The Independent , The New York Times , the Financial Times , Time Out , and The Sunday Times . [16] [17] [18] In 2020 and 2021, he had a column in Tribune Magazine . [19]
Okundaye is vocal about a number of social and political issues in the UK, writing about them from a left-wing perspective. He has written about topics such as race in British society, politics, the housing crisis, the monarchy, and Black British LGBT+ culture with a specialty in the experiences and history of Black British gay men. [20] [21] [22] In addition, he covers popular culture and media in the film, television, theatre, music, and literary worlds and has interviewed public figures. [23] [24] [25] [26]
In 2021, Okundaye co-founded the digital archive and podcast "Black & Gay, Back in the Day" with Marc Thompson. [27] [28]
His debut book entitled Revolutionary Acts (2024), documents Black British gay history and culture from the 1970s to the present. [29] [30] [31] The book is structured around profiling the following figures: Ted Brown, Dirg Aaab-Richards, Alex Owolade, Calvin "Biggy" Dawkins, Dennis Carney, Ajamu X, and Thompson. [32] Revolutionary Acts had a positive critical reception with The Guardian calling it a "groundbreaking debut" and Bricks magazine saying it is "a dynamic and crucial narration of Black queer history for the 21st century". [33] [34] It has also been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024. [35]
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