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Afua Hirsch is a British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister. Born in Norway and raised in London, she has worked as a journalist for The Guardian and Sky News.
Known for: Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
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Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
Brit(ish) is a powerful exploration of race, identity, and belonging in modern Britain. Afua Hirsch, a journalist of mixed Ghanaian and British heritage, examines the complexities of being black and British, confronting the nation’s uneasy relationship with its colonial past and the persistent racial inequalities that shape everyday life. Through personal narrative and social critique, Hirsch challenges readers to rethink what it truly means to belong in a multicultural society.
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Early Life and Identity Formation
My childhood in Wimbledon was, on the surface, comfortably middle-class and quintessentially British. I went to good schools, lived among manicured hedges, and absorbed the codes of polite English life. Yet beneath this calm exterior was a quiet tension. I was aware, even if nobody spoke of it, that...
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Education and Social Class
My years at Oxford crystallized what I had only sensed before: that Britain’s class structures and racial hierarchies are intertwined so seamlessly that they appear invisible. In lecture halls and dining clubs, I witnessed how wealth and whiteness reinforced each other, setting the unspoken boundari...
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About Afua Hirsch
Afua Hirsch is a British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister. Born in Norway and raised in London, she has worked as a journalist for The Guardian and Sky News. Her work often focuses on issues of race, identity, and social justice. Brit(ish) is her debut book and was shortlisted for several m...
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Afua Hirsch is a British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister. Born in Norway and raised in London, she has worked as a journalist for The Guardian and Sky News. Her work often focuses on issues of race, identity, and social justice. Brit(ish) is her debut book and was shortlisted for several m...
Afua Hirsch is a British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister. Born in Norway and raised in London, she has worked as a journalist for The Guardian and Sky News. Her work often focuses on issues of race, identity, and social justice. Brit(ish) is her debut book and was shortlisted for several major literary awards.
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Afua Hirsch is a British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister. Born in Norway and raised in London, she has worked as a journalist for The Guardian and Sky News.
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