I am a writer, author, TV presenter, documentary maker, and former barrister.

It probably sounds as if I do a lot of very different things but there is a theme that threads through everything I do: trying to make sense of the injustice and unfairness I see in the world around me.

At a young age, I had to make sense of the ways in which people racialised me – a mixed-race, black girl with an African name and a middle class upbringing – while at the same time claiming that they “did not see race”. I had to work out for myself the history of where those ideas came from, and why, even though that history has shaped our world in so many profound ways, we address it rarely and with only the most selective approach.

I was born in 1981 – (which makes me a millennial by about six months!) – and grew up in Wimbledon. You might know it for its lawn tennis tournament and its quintessentially English village culture. For me it became a testing ground for my observations about the divisions in modern Britain. London is one of the most diverse cities on earth, but the privileged, hillside enclave where I was growing up, was almost exclusively white.

Image-Description
Afua Hirsch

I am a writer, author, TV presenter, documentary maker, and former barrister. It probably sounds as if I do a lot of very different things but there is a theme that threads through everything I do: trying to make sense of the injustice and unfairness I see in the world around me. At a young age, I had to make sense of the ways in which people racialised me - a mixed-race, black girl with an African name and a middle class upbringing - while at the same time claiming that they “did not see race”. I had to work out for myself the history of where those ideas came from, and why, even though that history has shaped our world in so many profound ways, we address it rarely and with only the most selective approach. I was born in 1981 - (which makes me a millennial by about six months!) - and grew up in Wimbledon. You might know it for its lawn tennis tournament and its quintessentially English village culture. For me it became a testing ground for my observations about the divisions in modern Britain. London is one of the most diverse cities on earth, but the privileged, hillside enclave where I was growing up, was almost exclusively white.

Contact Info

Phone:

Email:

Website:

Social
No products were found matching your selection.