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  • Comment: Draft contains hardly any biographical detail about Chetty (education, career, dates, etc), and (with the exception of the BBC News Wales piece) lacks significant coverage about him in reliable independent secondary sources (per WP:GNG). The UCL ref is his employer (not independent); the Guardian ref is a list of his articles; and much of the remaining citations are links to his work, not to pieces about him (note there are broken links - the Royal Institute of Philosophy links go to a page with no mention of Chetty, while the Wales Arts Review redirects to a Thai website). Citations of published work are not sufficient to demonstrate notability. Paul W (talk) 16:43, 25 July 2025 (UTC)



Darren Chetty is a Welsh educator, writer and cultural commentator.[1]

Chetty was born in Swansea in the 1970s. He studied at the University of Exeter, Goldsmiths and University College London[citation needed] before, in 2024, completing his PhD at the Institute of Education.[2] His work focusses on dialogue, hip-hop, antiracism, Philosophy for Children and children's literature.[3]

He has appeared on BBC radio[4][5] and been interviewed in the Guardian,[6] where his critical work on the "classics" of children's literature has been recommended by Michael Rosen.[7] He is perhaps best known for his contribution to the best-selling[according to whom?] essay collection, The Good Immigrant[8] and his picture book I'm Going To Make A Friend.[9]

Chetty is also a football fan, supporting Swansea City and Wales national football team.[10] He appeared in the 2022 documentary 'Tosh' about Swansea City in the 1970s,[11][12] and wrote and presented The Dragon on My Shirt, a documentary that amplifies the stories of Black, Asian and ethnically diverse Wales players.[13] He edited another essay collection Welsh (Plural) with Hanan Issa, Grug Muse, and Iestyn Tyne.[14]

Selected publications

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  • Chetty, Darren (2016) "You can't say that! Stories have to be about white people" in Shukla, Nikesh (ed) The Good Immigrant.[15]
  • Jeffrey Boakye; Chetty, Darren (2019) What is Masculinity? London: Wayland ISBN-10‎ 1526308142
  • Chetty, Darren; Ferner, Adam (2019) How to Disagree: Negotiate difference in a divided world. White Lion Publishing ISBN 9781 78131 9345
  • Chetty, Darren; Issa, Hanan; Muse, Greg; Tyne, Iestyn (2022) Welsh (Plural): Essays on the future of Wales
  • Chetty, Darren; Sands-O'Connor, Karen (2024) Beyond the Secret Garden: Children’s Literature and Representations of Black and Racially minoritised People. English & Media Centre
  • Chetty, Darren; Prabhat, Sandhya (illustrator) (2025) I'm Going to Make a Friend. London: Little Tiger. ISBN: 9781801046602[16]

Film and radio

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References

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  1. ^ Bryan, Nicola (20 March 2022). "Black Boy pubs: Who was the boy in the Swansea sign?". BBC News. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. ^ Chetty, Darren (28 November 2024). The gated community of inquiry: racism and Philosophy for Children (Thesis).
  3. ^ "Newham Word Festival Malorie Blackman and Angie Thomas Mar 11". MIXCloud. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  4. ^ Darren Chetty interviewed about How to Disagree on Word of Mouth (radio programme) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r3nx
  5. ^ Chetty interviewed by Mobeen Azhar https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06f6svj
  6. ^ Coldwell, Will (16 October 2013). "Banned slang will only alienate young people, innit". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  7. ^ Rosen, Michael (21 June 2025). "My Perfect Holiday Reading, by Bernadine Evaristo and more..." The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  8. ^ Chetty, Darren (2016) "You can't say that! Stories have to be about white people" in Shukla, Nikesh (2016). The Good Immigrant. London: Unbound. ISBN 9781783523955.
  9. ^ Russell Williams, Imogen (27 June 2025). "Childrens and Teens Roundup: The Best New Picture Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  10. ^ He discusses his love of Welsh football in The Dragon on My Shirt. "The Dragon on my Shirt". PAWB. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Tosh". IMDb. Retrieved 26 July 2025.[unreliable source?]
  12. ^ BBFC, Tosh. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  13. ^ The Dragon on My Shirt was funded by the Welsh Government’s antiracism Wales fund and in partnership with the Football Association of Wales."The Dragon on my Shirt". PAWB. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Roughly the size of Wales: four reflections on Welsh identity in the 21st century". The Guardian. 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ Shukla, Nikesh (2016). The Good Immigrant. London: Unbound. ISBN 9781783523955.
  16. ^ "I'm Going to Make a Friend". Little Tiger. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
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