HENRY BONSU (MAGDALEN, 1986)

Henry Bonsu

HENRY BONSU (MAGDALEN, 1986)

Freelance journalist and broadcaster Henry Bonsu offers an insight into what it was like to be a black student at Oxford in the late eighties

Published: 14 June 2016

 

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Freelance journalist and broadcaster Henry Bonsu shares his experiences studying Modern Languages at Magdalen College and offers an insight into what it was like to be a black student at Oxford in the late eighties.

Henry started his career as a journalist with BBC radio in 1990, working on programmes such as Today, World at One, Public Eye, and Black Britain, before establishing himself as the anchor of the Drivetime programme on BBC London 94.9 FM where he would interview prominent celebrities and politicians. After famously being axed from the BBC for being “too intellectual”, Henry went on to be director and presenter of Colourful Radio, a digital station aimed at Europe's African and Caribbean communities. He has also written for The Times, The Mail on Sunday, Daily Express, and the London Evening Standard.

In this podcast, Henry reflects on his time at Oxford and why he wrote an article during his studies on ‘being black in the ivory tower,’ as well as offering advice to black students who might not think that Oxford is for them.

 

Interviewer: Paull Hammond-Davies
Music: Setuniman from www.freesound.org

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