ICWS Fellow Michael Ohajuru interviewed for recent piece on Black British History

ICWS Fellow Michael Ohajuru was recently interviewed for a piece in the Mirror on Black British History entitled 'Black British history began millennia before Windrush - we must not forget that':

"From Roman Britain, to Henry VIII’s trumpeter and fighting at the battle of Trafalgar, Black Britons have been present through some of the country’s most iconic and renown historical periods. However, the black historical presence in Britain is often mostly talked about in regards to post-World War II. This often leads to stories seemingly saying it like Windrush introduced black people to Britain for the first time.

But a number of historians have pointed out that this simply isn’t the case, and that black people have been an ever-present in Britain for millennia. This isn’t a “woke” rewriting of history, Michael Ohajuru, a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, has pointed out. “Some people may react and say you’re being woke or inclusive, but it’s the natural thing, it’s almost normalised now as well,” he told The Mirror."

Read more here:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/black-british-history-began-millenia-31095178