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Musa Okwonga

Musa Okwonga
Born (1979-10-11) 11 October 1979 (age 45)
London, United Kingdom
OccupationAuthor, podcaster
LanguageEnglish
EducationEton College
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford (BA)

Musa Okwonga (born 11 October 1979)[1][2] is a British author, podcaster, and musician.[1][3][4]

Early life and education

Okwonga's parents, medical students, fled Uganda under Idi Amin's dictatorship and settled in the UK.[1] He is the eldest of four children who were all brought up by their mother after their father died.[1] Okwonga's father was killed aged 40 in a helicopter crash.[5] His mother worked as a doctor.[5]

Between 1993 and 1998, Okwonga attended Eton College,[2] where he received a scholarship towards his fees.[5] In 1998, he matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, reading Jurisprudence for three years.[1]

Okwonga has also worked as a football journalist and the co-host of Stadio, a football podcast on The Ringer podcast network, Stadio.[6] Since 2014, he has resided in Berlin, Germany.

Publications

  • One of Them: An Eton College Memoir, Unbound, 2021, ISBN 9781783529681
  • In The End, It Was All About Love, Rough Trade Books, 2021, ISBN 9781912722976
  • Raheem Sterling (Football Legends #1), Scholastic, 2020, ISBN 9781407198422
  • "The Ungrateful Country", in The Good Immigrant (ed. Nikesh Shukla), 2016, ISBN 9781783523955
  • Will You Manage? The Necessary Skills to Be a Great Gaffer, Serpent's Tail, 2010, ISBN 9781846687242
  • A Cultured Left Foot, Duckworth overlook, 2007, ISBN 9780715637630

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gilmour, Alexander (2 June 2016). "Writer Musa Okwonga in Berlin where 'outsiders feel at home'". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Self, John (14 April 2021). "The school that rules Britain". BBC. Retrieved 15 April 2021. Also: he shares his birthday (11 October) with the school's founding date.
  3. ^ "Musa Okwonga: 'Berlin is like a wormhole, flat yet so much depth.'". Exceptional Alien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ Gopalakrishnan, Manasi (19 January 2021). "Musa Okwonga: Soul-searching as a Black man in Berlin". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Shariatmadari, David (10 April 2021). "Musa Okwonga: 'Boys don't learn shamelessness at Eton, it is where they perfect it'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Stadio - The Ringer".


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_Okwonga