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The BBC presenter says being honoured for an outstanding contribution to television is "humbling".

Cambridge don Priyamvada Gopal accused David Abulafia of being dismissive for using the word eloquent about history professor David Olusoga, whose father was Nigerian.

The acquittal of four people over monument's toppling is "enormously significant", historian says.

Protesters admitted helping to topple statue in Bristol, but walked free from court with a declaration of victory for ‘racial equality’

The historian and author gave expert evidence on the history of slavery, and its ongoing impact on people of Afro-Caribbean descent in Britain.

TV historian David Olusoga says young people don't want British history to be a "catalogue of heroes".

Historian David Olusoga says the memorial, on display graffitied and supine, is now telling a story

AUTHORITIES knew for years that more than 100,000 black and Asian soldiers who died fighting for the British empire were not properly commemorated but failed to address this injustice.  Anti-racism campaigners said today that it was a “disgrace” that research revealing that black and Asian troops had not been commemorated in the same way as their white comrades had not been acknowledged until now.  The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) apologised after publishing a report which fo...

David Olusoga: ‘My biggest disappointment? My guitar playing.’ Photograph: Geraint Lewis/Eyevine David Olusoga: ‘My biggest disappointment? My guitar playing.’ Photograph: Geraint Lewis/Eyevine Sat 13 Mar 2021 04.30 EST Born in Lagos, Prof Olusoga, 51, produced history programmes before going on to become a presenter. He won a Bafta for the BBC documentary Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, and his books include the award-winning Black And British: A Forgotten History. A...

The year Edward Colstons statue fell and how it changed Bristol He started on a Bristol pedestal and ended it mocked on Family Guy The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice In the autumn of 2019, the Bristol-based history professor and TV presenter Da...