Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch is a writer, filmmaker, and journalist. She is the author of Brit(ish) , the Sunday Times bestselling book that explores Britishness, identity and belonging, for which she was awarded the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Prize for Non-Fiction. She co-presented Enslaved , a 6-part series about the transatlantic slave trade with Samuel L Jackson. She is also the presenter of the Audible podcast series We Need To Talk About the British Empire, and Africa Rising , an ongoing...See more

Afua Hirsch is a writer, filmmaker, and journalist. She is the author of Brit(ish) , the Sunday Times bestselling book that explores Britishness, identity and belonging, for which she was awarded the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Prize for Non-Fiction. She co-presented Enslaved , a 6-part series about the transatlantic slave trade with Samuel L Jackson. She is also the presenter of the Audible podcast series We Need To Talk About the British Empire, and Africa Rising , an ongoing flagship series about art and culture for the BBC, through the production company she founded, B orn in Me Productions . She is a longtime columnist for the Guardian and is a professor of journalism at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. See less