Musa Okwonga is a football writer, poet and musician of Ugandan descent. In 2008 his first football book, A Cultured Left Foot, was nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. He is one half of The King's Will, an electronica outfit that blends poetry, music, and animated videos.
Manchester City did to Manchester United what Manchester United have been doing to the world for years.
By Musa Okwonga | Football, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Monday, 14 May 2012 at 2:26 pm
I think that Roy Hodgson’s appointment infuriates so many of us because it shows us what we really are: we are outsiders, peering up at football’s elite.
By Musa Okwonga | Football, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Monday, 30 April 2012 at 10:45 am
For the next few hundred words I am going to gush, and I make absolutely no apologies for that. If you remotely dislike FC Barcelona, or what Pep Guardiola did for them while he was there, please flee now, or kindly register your disgust at the foot of this page.
By Musa Okwonga | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Saturday, 28 April 2012 at 10:00 am
If the UK allows its citizens to go to war for it, and many cases to die for it, then why won’t it let its citizens marry the gender that they wish to?
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Wednesday, 25 April 2012 at 10:53 am
Last week Ched Evans, the leading goalscorer for Championship aspirants Sheffield United, was convicted of the rape of a 19-year old woman: a crime for which he received a five-year prison sentence. Evans’ friend, his team-mate Clayton McDonald, had brought the woman back to a hotel with him: McDonald had sexual intercourse with her, after which Evans did so. It was ruled that the woman was too drunk to have given Evans consent. McDonald was acquitted of the same charge.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Monday, 23 April 2012 at 12:40 pm
Jessie J’s sexuality is the subject of speculation again. A new book has come out, in which it is alleged that the singer is really a lesbian but was told to market herself as bisexual so that she would not repel her fanbase.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Friday, 20 April 2012 at 3:12 pm
Sweden is the latest – and, some might say, the unlikeliest – place to be the subject of a race storm. But here we are. Makode Linde, an artist of Swedish and African heritage, had been invited to make a cake for a World Art Day event in Stockholm: the cake was to be cut [...]
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Thursday, 19 April 2012 at 5:13 pm
There has been widespread discussion as to whether the F1 race in Bahrain should be going ahead this weekend. One driver has been vocal about his concerns. Others have expressed no opinion. Like Officer Barbrady in South Park, Bernie Ecclestone has told us to “move along, nothing to see here”. Protesters have disagreed with him. The arguments have raged online, and the indications are that they will continue to rage in the streets. But I can’t help that think that this is a battle that the protesters, quite emphatically, have already won.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Thursday, 19 April 2012 at 9:48 am
I’ve been watching and thinking of Barcelona a great deal recently, and have been trying to write something about them and their style. I eventually came up with this piece.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Tuesday, 3 April 2012 at 2:43 pm
It was about half one on a Sunday afternoon, about five years ago.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Monday, 2 April 2012 at 10:17 am
1How the Mail Online turned us into misogyny addicts
2It was Bayern who denied the Germans victory in the Champions League final, not Chelsea
3Charitable rape: Peacekeepers’ dirty little secrets
4Islam is not “the enemy” – irrational hatred is
5The next couple of months could shape the future of Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal
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