Audrey Brown (journalist)
Audrey Brown | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | Rhodes University; University of Wales |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
| Known for | BBC Focus on Africa radio |
Audrey Brown is a South African broadcast journalist who worked at the BBC World Service.
Early life and education
Brown was born in Kliptown, a suburb of Soweto.[1] She could smell the distant teargas on the day of the Soweto uprising, when she was eight or nine years old, and grew up in a family who were involved in the struggle against apartheid.[2] She has a degree in journalism, African history and politics from Rhodes University and a master's degree in journalism from University of Wales, and has studied film criticism and documentary film making at the Ateliers Varan in Paris.[3][1]
Career
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Brown worked on South African newspapers Vrye Weekblad and Weekly Mail.[3] Early in her career, she interviewed Nelson Mandela on Robben Island.[2]
Brown hosted the BBC World Service's Focus on Africa podcast,[4] and has presented BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week.[5]
She was one of the judges for the 2020 Caine Prize, awarded for a short story by an African writer.[3]
Brown was one of the women featured in the book 200 Women: Who will change the way you see the world by Geoff Blackwell and Ruth Hobday (2017, Chronicle Books: ISBN 9781452166582).[1]
In December 2025, Brown announced on X that she would be leaving the BBC to join the Commonwealth Foundation in March 2026.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Audrey Brown". 200 Women. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- 1 2 Jackson, Carol (9 December 2013). "BBC Reporter Recalls Connection To Nelson Mandela". WUNC. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- 1 2 3 "2020 Judges". The Caine Prize for African Writing. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ "BBC World Service - Focus on Africa". BBC. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Audrey Brown". BBC. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
"BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Audrey Brown". BBC. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023. - ↑ "Audrey Brown". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 14 August 2026.
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