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Mawunyo Gbogbo

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About

Mawunyo Gbogbo is the author of Hip Hop & Hymns: a memoir of loving hard, falling apart and fighting back, set to an unrivalled playlist.

Published by Penguin Random House Australia, Hip Hop & Hymns is described by Books+Publishing as ‘a beautiful and heart-wrenching memoir’.

Mawunyo writes about growing up in the sleepy coal mining town of Muswellbrook, NSW, with her love of storytelling and budding journalism career taking her to the city that never sleeps – New York City.

Mawunyo has worked in the media industry in Australia for 20 years including as Digital Journalist, Popular Culture for ABC News, a journalist for ABC NewsRadio, a segment producer for the Today Show on Channel Nine and as an associate producer for Insight on SBS TV where she won a UNAA Media Peace Award for Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Children’s Rights and Issues.

Past Events

Mixtape Memories: A Gala of Story and Song

Claire G. Coleman, Carly Findlay, Mawunyo Gbogbo, Paul Grabowsky, Jess Hitchcock, June Jones, Sam Keevers, James McLean, Loretta Miller, Tamara Murphy, Rhys Nicholson, Amy Remeikis, Em Rusciano, Cash Savage, Ben Shewry, Fran Swinn, Thndo, Myf Warhurst

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