{"product_id":"black-irish-awesome-icons","title":"Diop Leon: Black \u0026 Irish: Awesome Icons [2025] paperback","description":"An illustrated celebration of Black Irish\u003cbr\u003eidentity for young readers.\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the Irish Book Award-winning\u003cbr\u003eBlack \u0026amp; Irish, Legends, Trailblazers \u0026amp; Everyday\u003cbr\u003eHeroes (2024), author and Black \u0026amp; Irish cofounder\u003cbr\u003eLeon Diop returns with a new nonfiction\u003cbr\u003epicture book.\u003cbr\u003eBlack \u0026amp; Irish: Awesome Icons tells the story of\u003cbr\u003etwelve inspirational Black Irish people,\u003cbr\u003eincluding record-breaking sprinter\u003cbr\u003eRhasidat Adeleke, NASA scientist Fig\u003cbr\u003eO’Reilly and world champion Irish dancer\u003cbr\u003eElliot Kwelele.\u003cbr\u003eIncludes a foreword by actress Ruth Negga.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeon Diop is from Tallaght, Ireland. He is the founder of the Black \u0026amp; Irish\u003cbr\u003eadvocacy group, host of the Black \u0026amp; Irish podcast, activist, educator, public\u003cbr\u003espeaker, and was an Obama Foundation European Leader from 2024 to 2025.\u003cbr\u003eBorn to a White Irish mother and Senegalese father, he grew up in a mixed\u003cbr\u003eethnic and religious household.","brand":"Leon Diop \u0026 Enemaku, Grace","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50945834287443,"sku":"9781915071651","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/leon-diop-enemaku-grace-diop-leon-black-irish-awesome-icons-2025-paperback-9781915071651-1250834313.jpg?v=1784825589","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/black-irish-awesome-icons","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}