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Transform workplace diversity conversations with Emma Dabiri, speaker, historian and bestselling author. Emma works with organisations to explore identity, race and culture, delivering award-winning insights featured on BBC, Channel 4 and in her Times bestselling books.
Emma Dabiri is a broadcaster, historian, and bestselling author. Her work explores identity, culture, and race through various mediums, including art and current affairs.
Her Channel 4 documentary, Hair Power: Me and My Afro, examines the significance of hair in the black experience and won a Cannes Lion Silver award. She has presented several series, including Britain's Lost Masterpieces for BBC4 and Back in Time for Brixton for BBC2. Emma has participated in debates on Unapologetic, Question Time, and Have I Got News For You.
Her latest book, Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty, offers alternatives to conventional beauty standards. In April 2021, she released What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition, quickly becoming a Times and Sunday Times bestseller. This book critiques mainstream discussions on anti-racism and follows her debut work, Don't Touch My Hair, which was an Irish Times Bestseller. Don't Touch My Hair sparked a national conversation about race and hair, influencing changes in school regulations and the British army.
Emma is available for keynotes and panel discussions, where she speaks on diversity, history, arts, and culture. To book her for your next event, contact the PepTalk team.
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To book Emma Dabiri, email emma.dabiri@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Emma's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
Emma Dabiri draws on her work as a historian and author to frame keynote and panel content around race, identity, and culture, referencing her published research and documentary work — including her Cannes Lion Silver-winning Channel 4 documentary and her Times and Sunday Times bestselling books — to ground arguments in documented evidence and public discourse.
Emma Dabiri speaks on diversity and inclusion, allyship, race and identity, and the cultural history of hair. Her book What White People Can Do Next became a Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and her Channel 4 documentary Hair Power: Me and My Afro won a Cannes Lion Silver award.
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