About Emma
Emma Dabiri (born 1979) is an Irish writer and broadcaster based in London. She studied African Studies at SOAS and visual sociology at Goldsmiths, where she is completing a PhD. Her published books include Don't Touch My Hair (2019), What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition (2021), and Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty (2023). She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023. Her broadcast work has included documentaries for BBC Four and Channel 4, and appearances on Question Time, Have I Got News For You, and other television programmes.
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TV presentersAuthorExpert / AcademicSpeakerBeauty Standards And Body ImageBlack Hair History And PoliticsCapitalism And RacismColonial HistoryIntersectionalityRace And Racism
Known for
- Author of Don't Touch My Hair
- International bestselling author of What White People Can Do Next
- Documentary work examining race and cultural history
- Cultural commentary on Black hair politics and beauty standards
- Analysis of racism and race relations
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