When Afua Hirsch hit forty years old, she had an encounter that made her rethink her own, and society’s, attitudes towards body image and ancestry. That’s now the basis of her new book ...

As long as we've known award-winning Afua Hirsch, we’ve seen her speak up against racial and class injustice, tackle those who try to diminish her words, debate with others who will ever so ...

For the final episode Afua Hirsch heads to a country with an average age of just 27 - South Africa. Her journey begins in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, once a byword for racial segregation ...

In my British-Nigerian family, there is a frequently-recounted anecdote, first shared by some auntie or another back in the village, which then made its way to countless family Christmases in ...

When Afua Hirsch hit forty years old, she had an encounter that made her rethink her own, and society’s, attitudes towards body image and ancestry. That’s now the basis of her new book ...

In episode two, Afua explores the energy and ambition of Nigeria’s young cultural creators, asking what drives their success in everything from Afrobeats to Nollywood. Nigeria is Africa’s ...

In a new three-part series, journalist and broadcaster Afua Hirsch discovers how young creatives are reinventing the culture of some of the continent’s biggest countries: Morocco, South Africa ...