Afua Hirsch
Afua Hirsch

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Most Influential Africans ’19

Football claims it’s not political. The Özil affair shows it is – just on the wrong side

UK Election 2019 – Amanpour & Co, CNN

PollingDay – UK Election 2019 on Ghana’s Metro TV

Has WhatsApp become a potential career assassin?

Equal to Everything at the Hay Winter Weekend

Talking to the next generation of Supreme Court judges from Wimbledon primary schools 🙂

In Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell

The media’s double standards on the Royals – with Amanpour on CNN

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Announcing 🔔 A writers retreat we guarantee will be like no other This October ✨Write with me, @yomi_sode and special guests ✨practise embodiment & wellness with @mallence ✨experience Mount Batukaru, the breathtaking inactive volcano revered as the island’s guardian ✨visit the 11th-century Pura Luhur Batukaru, a water temple embedded deep in the mountain’s sacred energy ✨attend the @ubudwritersfest - the acclaimed literary event with some of the world most sought after writers ✨rest, breathe, walk, write, live Link in bio! https://www.afuahirsch.com/bali-writers-retreat/ Enquiries: retreat@afuahirsch.com
24 hours at the @chalkehistoryfestival leaves more questions than answers as usual but I loved it 🌾 Hosted by the inspiring @horatiosgarden Meeting @here_be_flagons Iron Age carnyxes With Lyndal Roper on her incredible @cundill.prize winning masterpiece about the German peasants war Summer of Fire and Blood, watch out for a special episode of @originallegacypodcast Barnaby Phillips on his new book The African Kingdom of Gold: Britain and the Asante Treasure Expertly hosted by @lindseyhilsum I enjoyed the predominantly white Wiltshire audience enthusiastically agreeing with me that stolen colonial heritage should be returned even if it means breaking the obsolete UK laws that conveniently forbid it
What I’m supporting this World Cup Read full piece - link in bio 🔗
Bye, Keir PS I know how this goes, don’t come for me for the winter fuel allowance! I’m not saying I don’t care about it just saying the ins and outs of the Westminster arguments around it are not the most important part of his legacy, right now, k?
Donald Trump is 80 today Wrote a little Birthday message for him, alongside some others I admire - @gretathunberg, @aiweiwei_studio and my @originallegacypodcast partner @peterfrankopan In today’s @guardian Link in bio 🔗 Link in bio
How I imagined my trip down the Mahaicony River into the Amazon rainforest… …How it’s going 🫣☔️😅