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African Europeans
From Roman emperors and medieval saints to enslaved people, Olivette Otele charts the long history of Africans in Europe
In a conversation recorded as part of our virtual lecture series, Olivette Otele discusses her book African Europeans: An Untold History, which charts the long history of Africans in Europe and explores the role that African individuals – from enslaved people to Roman emperors and medieval saints – have played in European history.
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Olivette Otele is the author of African Europeans: An Untold History (Hurst, 2020)
