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David Olusoga is Professor of Public History at ... With his recent book, Black and British: A Short, Essential History, being published for children to better understand the relationship between ...
DAVID OLUSOGA:These files tell us the name of every British slave owner. They tell us who they were, where they lived, and how many slaves, how many men, women and children they owned. DAVID ...
DAVID OLUSOGA:'This is the Atlantic coast of Barbados. In 1627, a group of 50 or so British settlers arrived on the island. Within a few decades, these settlers had turned a small uninhabited ...
For David Olusoga ... like the ones in Olusoga’s 2016 BBC series and award-winning book Black and British, allegedly “cancels” an old one. Olusoga has been dragooned onto the frontlines ...
The list of Black British writing talent is long and growing. Writers like Lennie James, Levi David Addai, Baby Isako and others are booked up months, often years, in advance. Theresa Ikoko was th ...
Through Henry's success in Barbados, Edwin was given the opportunities and the money, that elevated him into the higher ranks of British society.' DAVID OLUSOGA:What would Henry Lascelles ...
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission apologised after it found "pervasive racism" led to predominantly black and Asian ... Historian David Olusoga told BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty that ...
ran at the very heart of British culture and British law. DAVID OLUSOGA:'The slave owners argued that the emancipation of the slaves amounted to the confiscation of their property. This ...