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About David Olusoga
British-Nigerian historian, writer, broadcaster, and film-maker
David Adetayo Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, writer, broadcaster, and filmmaker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and has 100 quotes on the site. He is known for presenting historical documentaries on the BBC, writing for The Guardian, and authoring Black and British: A Forgotten History, published in 2016. His work often returns to history in Britain, especially the long and often overlooked relationship between Black and British history.
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- “Many anglophone Africans still have deep emotional, economic and often familial links to Britain, but those w…”David Olusoga
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- “To describe someone as a pessimist is to issue an insult, whereas to be labelled an optimist is to get a pat…”David Olusoga
- “My view as a historian is that the empire was an extractive, exploitative, racist and violent institution and…”David Olusoga
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Books by David Olusoga
Black and British
2017