🎧 Toppling Statues: Why Nelson’s Column Should Be Next with Afua Hirsch
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Afua Hirsch is a writer, broadcaster, barrister and human rights development worker. She has previously worked as Social Affairs and Education Editor for Sky News and was also a correspondent for The Guardian.
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