Afrikan Histories

Merze Tate. Photo credit to the Merze Tate Collection of Western Michigan University.

Afro Historyscapes
Podcast

Afro Historyscapes is a ten-episode podcast series that gives a fresh perspective on African history. It tells the story of African Histories through objects at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in South London. It can also be heard on iTunes and Spotify

Produced and co-presented by JC Niala this podcast was supported by the Social History Society in partnership with Economic History Society, History UK, History of Education Society (UK), History Workshop Journal, Royal Historical Society, Society for the Study of Labour History and Women’s History Network.

Afro Historyscapes was longlisted for The 2022 Digital Culture Network Digital Storytelling Award

A selection of publications

Afrikan dancers as embodied archives

African Soldiers in the First World War

African porters in British service during the East African campaign. Image Q 15528 from the Imperial War Museums collection – in the public domain.

JC Niala blog on An Open Educational Resource supporting new directions in teaching World War I. 

African Soldiers in World War One: Uprising within a Global Conflict

Video Podcast A Wordly War: Battle Experiences through the Eyes of African Cultures
This podcast was the runner-up in the TORCH and Academic IT Services WW1 Research Competition 2016

Remarkable
Afrikan Women

Lady Kofoworola Ademola

This podcast explores the life and impact of Kofoworola Ademola. She was a student at St. Hugh’s College between 1932-1935 and became the first African woman to graduate from the University of Oxford.

Merze Tate

Podcast about the first female African-American member of the University of Oxford