Musa Okwonga
Musa Okwonga | |
|---|---|
| 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 | edit source]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 | edit source]- One of Them: An Eton College Memoir, Unbound, 2021, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- In The End, It Was All About Love, Rough Trade Books, 2021, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Raheem Sterling (Football Legends #1), Scholastic, 2020, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- "The Ungrateful Country", in The Good Immigrant (ed. Nikesh Shukla), 2016, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Will You Manage? The Necessary Skills to Be a Great Gaffer, Serpent's Tail, 2010, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- A Cultured Left Foot, Duckworth overlook, 2007, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
 | This article about a novelist from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
- Black British writers
- English people of Ugandan descent
- English sportswriters
- Black British LGBTQ people
- LGBTQ people from London
- New Statesman people
- People educated at Eton College
- Writers from London
- British novelist stubs
- British bisexual writers
- British bisexual musicians
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature