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