David Olusoga
British historian and television presenter
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| 2025 | Co-authored 'In the Scene: Steve McQueen' with Yinka Olusoga and Kemi Olusoga, a book about the acclaimed filmmaker Steve McQueen. |
| 2025 | Featured in the documentary series 'Celebrity Traitors'. |
| 2024 | Co-created the book Black History for Every Day of the Year with his siblings Yinka and Kemi, aiming to integrate Black history into mainstream national history. |
| 2023 | Hosted 'Union with David Olusoga', likely exploring themes of national identity and history. |
| 2022 | Presented 'The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden', continuing his work in historical documentary filmmaking. |
| 2021 | Published 'The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained' with DK, offering an accessible overview of Black history. |
| 2021 | Created documentaries 'Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol' and 'Our NHS: A Hidden History', exploring contemporary social and historical issues. |
| December 2021 | Awarded the President's Medal by the British Academy, becoming the 39th recipient since 2010. |
| January 2021 | Appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. |
| November 13 2020 | BBC announced a special programme, Barack Obama Talks To David Olusoga, which aired on 19 January 2021. |
| 2019 | Produced 'The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files', investigating the experiences of Caribbean immigrants in Britain. |
| 2019 | Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours for services to history and community integration. |
| 2019 | Received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Leicester. |
| May 2019 | Appointed as a professor at the University of Manchester, giving his inaugural professorial lecture on 'Identity, Britishness and the Windrush'. |
| February 2019 | Received his OBE medal from King Charles III for services to history and community integration. |
| 2018 | Participated in the BBC's Civilisations series, presenting two of nine episodes: 'First Contact' and 'The Cult of Progress'. Also began hosting 'A House Through Time'. |
| 2018 | Awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Leeds. |
| 2017 | Contributed to Timewatch with episodes 'British Empire – Heroes and Villains' and 'Dictators and Despots', exploring complex historical narratives. |
| 2017 | Won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for his book 'Black and British'. |
| 2017 | Received the Longman–History Today Trustees Award for his book 'Black and British'. |
| 2017 | Awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Liverpool. |
| 2016 | Created and presented 'Black and British: A Forgotten History', a documentary series examining Black British history. |
| 2016 | Won the Specialist Factual BAFTA at the BAFTA TV Awards for the documentary 'Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners'. |
| 2016 | Published the book Black and British: A Forgotten History, which later won the Longman–History Today Trustees Award and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize in 2017. |
| 2015 | Co-authored 'The World's War' with Casper W. Erichsen, published by Head of Zeus, likely examining global perspectives on warfare. |
| 2015 | Produced two significant documentaries: 'Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes' and 'Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners', highlighting colonial and slavery history. |
| 2015 | Won the Royal Historical Society Public History Prize for Broadcasting for the documentary 'Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners' produced by BBC History. |
| 2015 | Announced as co-presenter of Civilisations, alongside historians Mary Beard and Simon Schama. His book The World's War won First World War Book of the Year. |
| 2014 | Olusoga began his career as a television presenter with the documentary The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire, focusing on Indian, African, and Asian troops who fought in the First World War. |
| 2011 | Published 'The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism' with Faber and Faber, exploring the historical connections between German colonial actions and Nazi ideology. |
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