Musa Okwonga

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Musa Okwonga
Born (1979-10-11) 11 October 1979 (age 45)
London, United Kingdom
OccupationAuthor, podcaster
LanguageEnglish
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]

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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. [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

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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. ↑ "Okwonga, Musa". Royal Society of Literature. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "Stadio - The Ringer".


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