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): On Race, Identity and Belonging (2018), Equal To Everything (2019) and Decolonising My Body, A Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty (2025). 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.