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In Search of Black History with Bonnie Greer

Written by: Bonnie Greer
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  • In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer brings you face-to-face with the people you never knew existed. People whose stories tell us a different tale about who we all are. From the earliest glimmerings of modern humanity, up to the present day, Bonnie Greer uncovers the lives of people of African descent that don't fit with the accepted history of Western Civilisation we've traditionally been taught. From saints, to philosophers, to warrior women and king's heralds - these people's lives have been lost, hidden and distorted down the centuries. We've lost the full richness and complexity of our shared histories - it's time to fill in the gaps.

    In this eight part series, playwright and former Trustee of the British Museum, Bonnie Greer, travels with us through the ages, meeting the academics and experts who are uncovering these stories at the cutting edge of historical research, and she brings their subjects' lives to life - with an imaginative re-telling of their stories.

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  • Ep. 1: Bones Do Not Lie

    Ep. 1: Bones Do Not Lie
    Dec 19 2019

    We go back 300,000 years to meet our earliest human ancestors, and talk to the archaeologists uncovering the untold stories of modern human origins. Bonnie looks at the changing face of one of the earliest Europeans, and at how he is also changing our understanding of race.
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    40 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Fearsome One-Eyed Queens

    Ep. 2: Fearsome One-Eyed Queens
    Dec 19 2019

    Bonnie discovers how differently ancient Greeks conceived of race, and meets the Queens of Kush: warriors, traders and diplomats who ruled the fabulous Kushite kingdom in what is now Sudan. They kept the Roman Empire at bay - and laughed in the face of Augustus Caesar.
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    50 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Magical Blackness

    Ep. 3: Magical Blackness
    Dec 19 2019

    In the bone store at the Museum of London, Bonnie visits Londoners of African descent. Their skeletons tell a new story about Africa and Europe, in which Europe was the continent of starvation, disease and suffering, while Africans grew up healthy and strong. Bonnie discovers the magical power of Medieval blackness - used as a symbol of power in the struggle for world domination, between Christianity and Islam.
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    44 mins
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Every person should listen to this!

I was left wanting more... But not because it was lacking in any way. It is wonderfully eye opening and awe inspiring! It motivated me to research more after each and every episode.

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From a white woman - thank you!

My quest for understanding and equality started, when i came to Canada from life behind the russian iron curtain in my home country Poland. I never have seen any colored person prior to that. Life in communism was nothing short of slavery too in some respect, but i did grow up in an environment that at least, for most part, believed in equality. My first new year, my parents rented out what should have been a girly romance movie for me, while they went to church. To my horror, nothing prepared me for.. Even remote understanding of slavery. My patents rented Gone with the Wind for me. My brain registered very little of the romance... But i watched in horror what humans can do to each other.
Since that fateful new year of 1989, i have not stopped at trying to fully understand. In that quest, i have found this audio book. Thank you, thank you thank you!
What a mind!
This has been by far, one of the best works i have come to this date on the subject of race, racism, equality.
Keep on writing.. I'll keep on listening! ❤️

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Will be recommending to anyone & everyone

I'm astonished and humbled by all this author had to say. Alot of it I was honestly unaware of and am happy to now know. Will be giving a second listen to take notes and expand ❤️

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listen to this.

Seriously, right now stop reading this post and just download and listen to the podcast. There is so much here that I wish had been included in other histories...times I stopped and relistened to parts as I wondered why this was not part of narratives I knew.

You will be introduced to people who will find a home in your heart and your brain and make you look both at the stories you know and objects you see in a new light.

The timeline; the interviews; all of it is expertly put together in a way which in truth refreshes and refocused me on the long fight for inclusion of more voices in dominate culture and conversation.

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eye opening

fantastic series. a must listen for anyone interested in the history of the oppressed.

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Cultural perspectives revisited. Thank you!

Most of us could use a refresher of how historians often tell the story according to what they think will sell to the audience dictating the outcome.

I truly appreciate the reminders of events not trendy because they muddy our history books.

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mostly just political sewage

I've been looking for good summaries or introductions to black history, the search continues.

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