Musa Okwonga
Musa Okwonga | |
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| Born | 11 October 1979 London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author, podcaster |
| Language | English |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford (BA) |
Musa Okwonga (born 11 October 1979)[1][2] is a British author, podcaster, and musician.[1][3][4] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022.[5]
Early life and education
[edit]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.[6] His mother worked as a doctor.[6]
Between 1993 and 1998, Okwonga attended Eton College,[2] where he received a scholarship towards his fees.[6] 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.[7] Since 2014, he has resided in Berlin, Germany.
Publications
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Gilmour, Alexander (2 June 2016). "Writer Musa Okwonga in Berlin where 'outsiders feel at home'". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Musa Okwonga: 'Berlin is like a wormhole, flat yet so much depth.'". Exceptional Alien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ Gopalakrishnan, Manasi (19 January 2021). "Musa Okwonga: Soul-searching as a Black man in Berlin". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Okwonga, Musa". Royal Society of Literature. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 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.
- ↑ "Stadio - The Ringer".
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