Robin Walker will address the brilliant careers of high achieving Black people during the Slave Trade era.
Ten Amazing Black History Icons Who Achieved Greatness Despite The Slavery Era, with Robin Walker.
Robin Walker ‘The Black History Man’ will address the brilliant careers of high achieving Black people during the least favourable era for them to have flourished: The Slave Trade. This inspirational multi-media presentation covers Black influencers who excelled as mathematicians, engineers, soldiers, writers, intellectuals, artists and composers. They left behind tangible legacies that we still admire today. The content begins with Juan Latino (sixteenth century) and ends with Mary Lewis (nineteenth century).
Robin Walker is one of the UK’s most pre-eminent African scholars. He has been teaching and lecturing in African World Studies, Egyptology and Black History for nearly three decades. He is also a best-selling author with over sixteen books to his name, including the critically acclaimed work When We Ruled. He is a founder and keynote lecturer of ‘The Black Secret Education Project’, an online platform aimed at bringing a comprehensive knowledge of Black History and African Heritage to a global audience.
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