Afua Hirsch
@afuahirsch
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Decolonising My Body… out now!
London / Los Angeles
Joined February 2009
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”
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Final thing ☺️ (Although if you head here there will be plenty more…) 💪🏽
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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 https://t.co/z7NEb0rYrS I'm also on Bluesky and IG, both @afuahirsch Forward!✨
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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
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Are you a journalist or academic with expertise on Latino communities and the border? Apply! Deadline is November 1st @USCAnnenberg #professor #opportunities #journalism #immigration 👇🏾🏃🏾♀️✍️🏾
We have a new tenured position at @USCAnnenberg for a Professor (Associate or full) in Journalism. We're looking for scholars or journalists with an expertise in Latino communities, including immigration, the US-Mexico border & Latin America more broadly. https://t.co/V3g7s2LSOp
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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
https://t.co/8ryBoXuo4w
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This is precisely why we have an International Criminal Court - peace and justice are indivisible #ICC
https://t.co/YeA8UA3qet
theguardian.com
Karim Khan applies for warrants relating to alleged crimes committed during 7 October attack and ensuing war in Gaza
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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
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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
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HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.
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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 🙏🏽
“I do question how much the university administration understands the concept of free speech,” says @USC journalism professor @afuahirsch. “The point of free speech is that people have the right to say things that you might find uncomfortable or inconvenient,” she tells me.
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The real story? The real legacy? Me @peterfrankopan break it down! Listen now, @WonderyMedia and wherever you get your podcasts #Cleopatra
#history
#legacy
#podcast
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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
https://t.co/pC9AZKU8EB
amp.theguardian.com
The California university cancelled Asna Tabassum’s speech because of ‘security concerns’. The real reason is cowardice
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This.
We are all obviously aware that the Tories are a racist cesspit. What their chief donor said, and the Tory response, is repulsive. Diane Abbott has also been treated abominably by Labour. Let's just go through that.
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Whoa. Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) reports that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (@ABCaustralia) sacked award-winning Australian-Lebanese host @antoinette_news after a "high-level and coordinated letter-writing campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists." https://t.co/4kotVeJXrp
smh.com.au
The messages also reveal a member of the group Lawyers for Israel calling Lattouf’s lawyer Josh Bornstein, who is Jewish, a “traiter”.
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The number of journalists killed during Israel’s war on Hamas is appalling and unprecedented. 79 in just three months, according to @pressfreedom Journalists in Gaza are our eyes and ears for the truth, and must be protected, like civilians, under the laws of war.
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Loved the conversation, thank you @amanpour @CNN @peterfrankopan To hear more check out our podcast #Legacy listen wherever you get your podcasts... @WonderyMedia
@amazonmusic
@GoalhangerPods
#podcast #History #storytelling
In their new podcast Legacy, @peterfrankopan & @afuahirsch examine the complicated legacies of some of history’s biggest figures. “It is so important for us to be honest about the legacy of these people – and it’s actually more interesting than… hagiographies,” Hirsch tells me.
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Thank you to all the beautiful reviews and love for our #Legacy podcast New episode on #Rhodes is out now The colonial legacy is as relevant as ever 👀 Listen wherever you get your podcasts @peterfrankopan
@WonderyMedia
@amazonmusic
@GoalhangerPods
#podcast
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