Afua Hirsch

Happy Publication Day, Decolonising My Body! I’ve been overwhelmed by how much you tell me you need this book Proud to finally bring it fully into the world today 🙏🏽💫 #DecolonisingMyBody #DMB @SquarePegBooks “Somewhere along the line, the story of my making has been lost”

It's wild that I have to do this, but @HeidiBachram clipped 57 seconds of this video to misrepresent me. I use a quote from a conversation with Kurt Vonnegut and Susan Sontag, in which she discusses human behaviour after studying the Holocaust. In that context, I talk about human behaviour and how we can build community in the lead-up to the next general election. In this video, I actually say that reform voters are not devils. Yet due to NOT watching the full video, @RobertJenrick is saying I am comparing reform voters to nazis. Truth matters, folks, even on X.

Trump shows us what 'the West' really is: a made-up history of white colonisers My piece is out now @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/world/tru…

We've just released another episode about Iran on Legacy. Brilliant insights from @KimGhattas, who is superb as always on the revolutionary legacies of 1979 - and how/why they still shape Iran and the wider region today. Essential listening @afuahirsch podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ira…

For those wanting a break from the news, here’s the first in @afuahirsch and my series on #Legacy about Environmental Shocks that Changed the World podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/leg…

Over on our Legacy podcast, @afuahirsch and I are doing a series on Great Environmental Shocks in history 1/4

Final thing ☺️ (Although if you head here there will be plenty more…) 💪🏽

Thank you to everyone who's been following me here for the last 16 years. For the last two of those, I've barely used it. But I'm sharing loads on my Substack! Follow me and subscribe, link here @afuahirsch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@afuahirsch I'm also on Bluesky and IG, both @afuahirsch Forward!✨

If you missed the Audible version…. Now you can listen to Brit(ish) and another book for one credit You’re welcome :) @audibleuk @vintagebooks @PenguinUKBooks #book #audiobook #BlackHistoryMonth

Are you a journalist or academic with expertise on Latino communities and the border? Apply! Deadline is November 1st @USCAnnenberg #professor #opportunities #journalism #immigration 👇🏾🏃🏾‍♀️✍️🏾

This man - in no particular order - hounded MLK, drove Garvey out of America, put Trotsky under surveillance, put America under surveillance, persecuted women, changed his country in ways still resounding Me & @peterfrankopan break it down #Legacy #podcast wondery.com/shows/legacy/s…

This is precisely why we have an International Criminal Court - peace and justice are indivisible #ICC theguardian.com/law/article/20…

He's not sorry. If he was, he would confess all the other times he's assaulted women and now feel equally "disgusted". Or he would tell us this incident was a total one off. He did neither, because the only thing that's disgusted him is getting found out #Diddy

My 1st job was for Aryeh Neier. Hard to overstate how influential his views on human rights "I'm now persuaded Israel is engaged in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. What changed my mind is its sustained policy of obstructing the movement of humanitarian assistance" @nybooks

HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.

The response to student protests at universities like mine @USC and throughout America has been unacceptable Not to mention counterproductive, even on its own terms #Gaza #protest #freespeech Thank you to all the students and faculty standing up for our values @amanpour 🙏🏽

The real story? The real legacy? Me @peterfrankopan break it down! Listen now, @WonderyMedia and wherever you get your podcasts #Cleopatra #history #legacy #podcast

The attack on legitimate protest on college campuses like @USC is part of a bigger picture.. The deeply entrenched, daily prejudice Muslim students face in America Powerful piece by my student Zain Khan @USCAnnenberg amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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@SadiqKhan Has she been disbarred yet? @thebarcouncil

Suella Braverman seems to be doing her best to outflank Enoch Powell. It’s a poisonous attempt to drive a wedge between our communities and serve her own naked ambition. Now, more than ever, we should be seeking to unite, not divide.