Diane Abbott

Actor · born 27 September 1953 · Paddington, London, England, UK

Diane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party politician who was appointed Shadow Home Secretary in October 2016. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the 1987 general election, when she became the first black woman to hold a seat in the House of Commons.

Where to start: Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent (2020).