Decolonising My Body: On Ancestry, Tradition and Cultural Reinvention

by Afua Hirsch

240 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2026

About the author

Afua Hirsch 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.

Reviews

[Thindeka · Rating 5 out of 5]

i feel significantly connected to myself after this