Farai Chideya

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Farai Chideya in 2005

Farai Chideya (b. August 27, 1969, in Baltimore, Maryland) (pronounced /ˈfʌrаɪ//^[1], /xɪdɛjɑː/), a novelist, journalist and radio host who's worked in every form of journalistic media. She is currently the host of the News & Notes radio program on National Public Radio.^[2]^[3] Previously she worked for Newsweek magazine, MTV News, CNN, ABC News, and the Oxygen Network. She made a name for herself as a political analyst and still appears on shows like HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher.

Chideya was also one of the earliest pop culture bloggers, founding PopandPolitics.com in 1995. The site continues as a student-run blog and training program at the University of Southern California.

She has written three non-fiction books: "Don't Believe the Hype"; "The Color of Our Future"; and "Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters."

Her first novel, "Kiss the Sky," is a departure from her previous works on race and politics. It will be published in May 2009 by Atria books, and follows a black female rock musician making a comeback in New York. The book is rooted in the ethos of the Black Rock movement and the New York club scene. The book takes place in the months before 9/11.

Her mother is from Baltimore and her father is from Zimbabwe.^{[citation needed]}

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Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans (1995)
The Color of Our Future (1999)
"Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters." (2004)
"Kiss the Sky" (forthcoming, 2009)