Dr. Kojo Koram is a Reader in Law at Birkbeck School of Law, University of London. Kojo was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2011 and received his PhD in 2017, winning the Julien Mezey Dissertation Award for the dissertation that most promises to enrich and advance interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of law, culture and the humanities.
Kojo's first book, Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire (John Murray 2022), was nominated for the 2022 Orwell Prize. Kojo's writing has also appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and elsewhere.
