Zeinab Badawai

An African History of Africa
In conversation with Lucinda Hawksley

Starts at: Wednesday 23 October 6:00 PM
Finishes at: Wednesday 23 October 7:00 PM

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As a Sudanese-born award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Zeinab Badawi is eminently placed to tell the true history of Africa, the oldest inhabited continent on the planet. Despite the fact that Africa is the birthplace of humankind, very little of its history was known until now. After seven years of intensive research, Zeinab Badawi sets that record straight. By travelling through 30 African countries and interviewing countless historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and local storytellers, Badawi has produced an epic history told through the voices of the Africans themselves. From the origins of our species, through ancient civilisations and medieval empires with remarkable queens and kings, to the miseries of conquest and the elation of independence, this magnificent work unearths buried histories from across the continent and weaves them into an accessible and essential book.