Mawunyo Gbogbo is the author of HIP HOP & HYMNS. Published by Penguin Random House, Hip Hop & Hymns is described by Books+Publishing as ‘a beautiful and heart-wrenching memoir’ and Stan Grant calls it ‘Puberty Blues with a hip hop beat’.
Mawunyo is a brave new voice on the topic of race and identity as she shares the trials and triumphs she's endured from childhood and on each rung along the way up the media ladder.
She’s currently an ABC Journalist specialising in Popular Culture and has worked in the media industry for more than 20 years, including as a segment producer for the Today Show on Channel Nine, and as an Associate Producer for Insight on SBS TV, where she won a UN Media Peace Award.