The Target Oxbridge Podcast is back! We start our series foused on storytelling by speaking to Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G's) about his search for his ancestors and his discoveries about slave owners' wealth. You can listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Upuwg…

Industrial Revolution iron method originated in West Africa via Jamaica. Considering how well developed iron works were in West Africa at the time, this makes a lot of sense. #twitterhistorians #africandiasporas #ageofrevolution theguardian.com/science/2023/j…

As we reflect on this year's observance of #blackleaderswarenessday on July 18th, we extend a heartfelt kudos to all the companies, organisations, community groups, and individuals across the world who made the day a meaningful celebration of black excellence and leadership.

I’ve just been granted an honorary Doctorate (D.Litt) Liverpool Hope University Liverpool Hope University. So humbled by this great Honor. Liverpool Hope University thank you so much. 🥇 #MalikAlNasir #Doctorate #HopeUniversity #Liverpool #Graduation

I’m humbled to have received this prestigious honour form my alma mater Liverpool Hope University

“A Liverpool man who became a celebrated author, poet and academic despite being left semi-literate following a traumatic childhood in the care system has been awarded an honorary degree from Liverpool Hope University.” hope.ac.uk/news/allnews/a…

Congrats to Malik & The O.G's, Cambridge History PhD candidate at Catz, who collected an honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) from Liverpool Hope University yesterday after receiving an award from the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research only a few weeks ago: caths.cam.ac.uk/history-awards 📸: LHU

Congratulations Malik & The O.G's from us all at William Collins! A much deserved honour 👏👏

Woke up this morning with the wonderful news that Bloomsbury History sold the translations rights of my Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History in French to Éditions du Seuil. Alors, chers lecteurs français, bientôt mon livre sur les

Celia Donert - Cambridge History Professor of Contemporary European History - tells the story of the forgotten Romani holocaust, its contested memory, and legacy in her new documentary podcast for BBC World Service Listen: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Very happy to hold the heavy galleys of my book Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery that will be out with UChicagoPress on October 19. Writers and journalists wanting to review it in newspapers and other outlets let me know or contact the press #slaveryarchive

Poet who overcame 'trauma' given honorary degree bbc.in/4fgkm2W

Make love not war

Today marks Emancipation Day, when the Slavery Abolition Act came into force across the British Empire Instead of compensating slaves, the government took out its biggest ever loan to pay the slavers: £300bn in today's money. We only finished paying off this loan in 2015.

✨We are thrilled to announce our keynote speaker for the 2025 conference: Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, a popular public speaker, writer, and reproductive justice advocate! 👏🏾👏🏾 #AAIHS2025 📅Reminder: Submit your proposals by September 6, 2024. aaihs.org/conference-202…

Benjamin was proud to have those collections, thanks #antiquesroadshow

Check out BBC 5 live Malik Al Nasir Malik & The O.G's (14-08-24) with Rima Ahmad, talking slavery Guyana 🇬🇾 and his new book 📕 “Searching for my Slave Roots” out May 2025 on William Collins Books #MalikAlNasir #BBCRadio5Live #Slavery #BLM Listen on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/jqek9K7oXcVcSD…

The speech that got the AU ambassador to US, Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao fired

Esperanza Spalding “Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.”

Wes Montgomery - Full House (1965) This video is genuinely the best thing you'll see all day...