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Afua Hirsch
Afua Hirsch is an award-winning journalist and author, known for her work on culture, identity and social justice. She presents flagship BBC documentary Africa Rising, the global series Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson, and the podcast Legacy, which explores the contemporary legacy of historical figures, and is founder of her own production company Born in Me Productions. She is the author of Brit(ish)(2018), Equal To Everything (2019) and Decolonising My Body (2023). A journalist for more than twenty years, she is a former Guardian correspondent, Associate Editor at Vogue, and professor of journalism at the University of Southern California.
