
What is recorded here
Emma Dabiri is an Irish writer and broadcaster born in Dublin to an Irish mother and a Nigerian Yoruba father. She spent her early years in Atlanta before returning to Dublin at five, where isolation and frequent racism shaped her perspective. She later studied African Studies at SOAS in London, becoming a prominent voice on Black feminism and the Black Irish experience through books like Don't Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next.
Why this person is known: Irish television and radio presenter, writer and researcher
- Birthplace
- Dublin
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