![]() In an email, Mary Beard, the author of “Women and Power” and a professor of classics at Cambridge University, praised Olusoga’s skills of persuasion. In 2019, Olusoga was awarded an Order of the British Empire for services to history and community integration ( which he struggled to accept because of its association with the violent acts of the empire). ![]() He’s now a fixture on British screens presenting shows like “A House Through Time,” which each season tells the story of a British house and its inhabitants over the centuries. “I chose very deliberately to leave universities and go into television in order to make history.”Īfter 15 years in TV production, he started appearing in front of the camera. ![]() For Olusoga, “history was naturally public,” he said. ![]() ![]() He studied history at university but opted for a career in TV over academia. Olusoga’s “Black and British: A Forgotten History” explores the long and fraught relationship between Black people and Britain.ĭespite having a difficult time in school - Olusoga was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 14 - there he developed a love of history from a favorite teacher and the television he watched. ![]()
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