Anver Versi

Anwarali Versi, professionally known as Anver Versi, is a Kenyan-born journalist who is editor-in-chief of New African magazine, based in London.^[1] He began his journalistic career in Nairobi, before moving to England, where he eventually worked for several UK-based pan-African publications,^[2] including African Business and African Banker.^[3][4] Other newspapers and journals for which he has written include The Times, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune and The International Herald Tribune.^[1][5]

Biography[]

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Versi started his education at the , Mombasa,^[6] and read Political Science, Economics, and English at the University of Nairobi.^[7] He would go on to further studies in the UK at the University of Warwick and King's College, Cambridge.^[3]

Versi began his career as a journalist working with the Nation Group of newspapers in Nairobi, before moving to London in 1983, where he was a sub-editor for The Guardian and the Financial Times, and was also employed by UK-based African magazines such as Africa Journal and Drum (West Africa).^[7] Working for more than 30 years with IC Publications,^[4] he was the founding editor of African Banker magazine,^[2] and in 1994 became editor of African Business and as of 2018 is editor-in-chief of New African magazine (where he was formerly deputy editor from 1983 to 1994).^[7]

Selected bibliography[]

• Football in Africa, Collins, 1986, ISBN 978-0003278088
• Search for Africa's Political Identity, Macmillan

References[]

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