In Conversation with... Afua Hirsch & David Olusoga | London's BIG READ

Afua Hirsch's book, Brit(ish) (published by Penguin, 2018), is about a search for identity. It is about the everyday racism that plagues British society. It is about our awkward, troubled relationship with our history. It is about why liberal attempts to be ‘colour-blind’ have caused more problems than they have solved. It is about why we continue to avoid talking about race.

David Olusoga's book, Black and British (published by Pan Macmillan, 2017) is a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean.

About the Authors

Afua Hirsch is a writer and broadcaster. She has worked as a barrister, as the West Africa correspondent for the Guardian, and as social affairs editor for Sky News. Brit(ish) is her first book and was awarded a RSL Jerwood Prize for Non-Fiction.

David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, broadcaster and BAFTA award-winning presenter and filmmaker. His previous books include The Kaiser's Holocaust and The World's War. He was also a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Black British History.