Afua Hirsch
British writer and broadcaster · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1981 · age 45
Afua Hirsch FRSL is a British writer and broadcaster. She has worked as a journalist for The Guardian newspaper, and was the Social Affairs and Education Editor for Sky News from 2014 until 2017. She is the author of the 2018 book Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging, receiving a Jerwood Award while writing it.
Afua Hirsch is read about 137 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 September 2026
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Hirsch was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2024.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1981 · age 45