Musa Okwonga (born 11 October 1979) is a British author, podcaster, and musician.

Early life and education

Okwonga's parents, medical students, fled Uganda under

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's dictatorship and settled in the UK. He is the eldest of four children who were all brought up by their mother after their father died. Okwonga's father was killed aged 40 in a helicopter crash. His mother worked as a doctor. Between 1993 and 1998, Okwonga attended

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, where he received a scholarship towards his fees. In 1998, he matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, reading

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for three years. Okwonga has also worked as a football journalist and the co-host of ''Stadio'', a football podcast on '' The Ringer'' podcast network, ''Stadio''. Since 2014, he has resided in

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, Germany.

Publications

* ''One of Them: An Eton College Memoir'', Unbound, 2021, * ''In The End, It Was All About Love'', Rough Trade Books, 2021, * ''Raheem Sterling (Football Legends #1)'', Scholastic, 2020, * "The Ungrateful Country", in ''

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'' (ed.

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), 2016, * ''Will You Manage? The Necessary Skills to Be a Great Gaffer'', Serpent's Tail, 2010, * ''A Cultured Left Foot'', Duckworth overlook, 2007,

References

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