Afua Hirsch offers a personal exploration of British identity, the everyday racism that plagues our society and our troubled relationship with our history. We believe we are a nation of abolition, but forget that we are a nation of slavery. We are convinced that fairness is one of our values, but that immigration is one of our problems. How can we come to terms with our past and navigate our present? Hirsch tells the story of how and why this crisis of identity came to be, and discusses race and belonging with historian David Olusoga.

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Afua Hirsch

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): On Race, Identity and Belonging is her first book. It was awarded a RSL Jerwood Prize for Non-Fiction. Follow her on Twitter @afuahirsch