Decolonising My Body

Afua Hirsch is a British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister renowned for her exploration of race, identity, and social justice. She authored the Sunday Times bestseller Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging (2018), which examines Britishness and identity. Her recent work, Decolonising My Body: A Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty (2023), delves into beauty, rituals, and ancestry as an approach to radical justice. Hirsch has held the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism and Communication at the University of Southern California and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2024.