Oscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations.
David Olusoga Book order
- 2021
- 2021
Black and British: An Illustrated History
- 80 pages
- 3 hours of reading
From Roman times to the present day, this is the story of Black British history.
- 2020
A House Through Time
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A tie-in to the acclaimed BBC television series.
- 2020
Black and British: A short, essential history
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
From Roman times to the present day this is the story of Black British history
- 2018
Civilisations: First Contact / The Cult of Progress
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Olusoga is a smart and inventive narrator, with a keen historical curiosity and effortless style Faramerz Dabhoiwala Guardian
- 2016
Offers readers an exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa
- 2014
The World's War
- 480 pages
- 17 hours of reading
A unique account of the millions of colonial troops who fought in the First World War, and why they were later air-brushed out of history.
- 2011
On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia - the beginnings of Germany's African Empire. As colonial forces moved in, their ruthless punitive raids became an open war of extermination. By 1905, the survivors were interned in concentration camps & systematically starved & worked to death