![]() In the most current New Year’s Honors List, he received an OBE as well.Īdditionally, David began working as a professor of public history at the University of Manchester on January 7, 2019.ĭavid, a well-known historian of Black and British history, wants to share his expertise and help others comprehend the various factors that influenced his life. ![]() His mother is British and his father is Nigerian, hence he has mixed-race parentage.ĭavid’s mother immigrated to the UK when he was a young child, and the two settled in Newcastle where they shared a council estate with other non-white residents.Īnd when he was 14 years old, the National Front, a far-right, fascist political party, invaded his house, necessitating police protection for his family.ĭue to the bigotry, David and his family were ultimately compelled to leave.ĭavid, who is of normal height, graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in the history of slavery and was given an honorary doctorate in law by the University of Leicester on January 29, 2019. The multi-talented historian was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1970 as David Adetayo Olusoga. ![]()
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