Black History for Every Day of the Year

About the Author

David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, broadcaster and BAFTA award-winning presenter and filmmaker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and a regular contributor to the Guardian, Observer, New Statesman and BBC History Magazine. His books include Black and British, which won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize and the Longman-History Today Trustees Award, The Kaiser's Holocaust and The World's War. He is also the author of Black and British: A Short Essential History, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize. He was also a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Black British History. In 2019 he was awarded an OBE for services to history and community integration. Dr Yinka Olusoga is a lecturer in Education at the University of Sheffield. She is an historian of childhoods and play. Her research aims to get children, families and teachers excited about history and interacting with primary historical sources. Kemi Olusoga is an artist and historian who has worked with and within the Heritage sector, interpreting history through exhibitions and publications.