David Olusoga

David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, author, presenter and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and a columnist for The Observer. He also writes for The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Voice and BBC History Magazine.

He presents the long-running BBC history series A House Through Time and wrote and presented the award winning series Black & British: A Forgotten History and Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners. His other presenting credits include The World’s War, and The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files. David was also one of the presenters on the BBC landmark arts series Civilizations alongside Simon Schama and Mary Beard. He is the Creative Director of Uplands Television Limited, a Bristol based independent production company, through which he develops and exec-produces history and arts projects.

David is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society and sits on the Scott Trust.