He is also one of the three presenters on the BBC's landmark Arts series Civilizations. Every major battle fought on the Western Front, from the First Battle of Ypres to the Second Battle of the Marne, was fought by Allied armies that were multi-racial and multi-ethnic. Davidwas also a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Black British History and writes for The Guardian and is a columnist for The Observer and BBC History Magazine. A unique account of the millions of colonial troops who fought in the First World War. His other books include The World’s War, which won First World War Book of the Year in 2015, The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism and Civilizations: Encounters and the Cult of Progress. David is also the author of Black & British: A Forgotten History which was awarded both the Longman-History Today Trustees Award and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. A unique account of the millions of colonial troops who fought in the First World War and why they were later air-brushed out of history. His most recent TV series include Black and British: A Forgotten History (BBC 2), The World’s War (BBC 2), A House Through Time (BBC 2) and the BAFTA winning Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners (BBC 2). The talk and collective listening experience will be followed by a Q&A session.ĭavid Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, broadcaster and film-maker. Through a series of events - talks, live shows and club nights, the aim is to experience and explore music from different perspectives, and to think about what it means to us.įor the first talk in the series, Nabihah invites historian and BBC presenter David Olusoga to talk share and discuss the music that is most important to him in front of an intimate audience.
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