Black History Buff Podcast

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Welcome to season 2 of The Black History Buff Podcast.  This season kicks off with an interview with a young man named Enosadeda Odiase

Nosa is a former engineering student now fully-fledged engineer, born in London from Nigerian parents and one half of a writing team who have produced what I can only describe as an African Game of Thr... Read more

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Todays Black History Blitz is about a self-taught mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, a writer, an inventor and the man who may have completed the Design for Washing DC Capitol City of the United States of America from memory.

Benjamin Banneker was born November 9th, 1731 on a farm near Baltimore that he would eventually inherit... Read more

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This is King Kurus from the black history buff podcast and before I get into this weeks African Proverb I just Want to say thank you to:

Muleya 

Glenda B

Taherra L

Alaina D

AlayA and 

Edward J

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Show Notes:  Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican activist, and entrepreneur who founded the UNIA and campaigned for a better quality of life for all black people.  The Pan African red black and green colours you see and that form part of the Ghanian flag come from Garvey’s organisation.  I’ll be doing an episode on Garvey soon but for today I wanted to focus on a quot... Read more

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Have you ever wondered how the medical profession came to be? or in fact who started the profession at all? Well, take a seat and prepare to be amazed because today’s episode is about Egyptian genius Imhotep the Father of modern Medicine. 

Imhotep, was born sometime around 2667 BCE in Egypt.  A commoner by birth but genius by nature Im... Read more

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Todays Black History Blitz is about the 7’2, Kung fu fighting, book writing legend. Kareem Abdul-Jabr one of the greatest players to ever grace the sport of basketball

Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr, on April the16th 1947, in New York City. Alcindor was always one of the tallest kids in his class and by the age of 9 sto... Read more

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I'm going to be very honest here and make a confession. I'm a procrastinator, there I said it and it feels good. It’s taken me ages to finally admit that. So this particular proverb really hits home for me.  “Supposing doesn't fill the grain basket “if” doesn't fill the larder.” This sounds so sounds obvious, it’s even a littl... Read more

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Todays Proverb is an Igbo saying from Nigeria:

“The big game often appears when the hunter has given up the hunt for the day”

This saying really resonates with me as often I feel called to just quit, to give up and do something easier. 

I can Imagine the hunter, tired, deflated an... Read more

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This Episode is about an African Queen who defined Rome and carved out a place for herself in History.

Kandake Amanirenas is one of the most celebrated rulers of the Ancient Kingdom of Kush, located in the region of Nubia, which we now know as Sudan. She ruled from 40BC to 10BC.

Kandake - also known as Candace, Kendake or Kentak... Read more

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To tide you over while Im researching and writing longer episodes I've created a new segment called Black History blitz. Short, bite sized and fun, like any good snack its best when shared with friends, so tell your friends about it. 

Today's Black history Blitz is about the hard-drinking, shotgun carrying wild west legend know... Read more

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To tide you over while Im researching and writing longer episodes I've created a new segment called Black History blitz. Short, bite sized and fun, like any good snack its best when shared with friends, so tell your friends about it. 

Today's Black history Blitz is about Cathy Williams. The first African American Woman to enlis... Read more

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Todays episode features a scathing response to possibly the most Ill advised “take me back” letter ever and some wisdom from an ancient African proverb.

Every so often, when I’m browsing the internet I’ll come across something that for some reason stops me dead in my tracks. Recently it was an image. 

The picture was of a sober ... Read more

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Welcome to the first of many episodes where I bring you some amazing myths and legends from the African diaspora. This episode is about a wiseman who offends a whole village and outwits a King. 

Listen to show to find out the rest or head over my website www.black... Read more

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In this episode I take the opportunity to say thank you to the amazing supporters of the show and to you the listeners. 

I speak about why I started the show and give a hint at where it's going. 

If you want to learn more black history and more about what I do you can find me at Read more

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There is a common misconception about Europe and Black people; that basically, there are no black people there other than maybe in London. As a first-generation West Indian born in London myself, I too fall victim to this strange phenomenon. Occasionally, a reader from Russia or as happened this week from Estonia will contact me and I'll ... Read more

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This Episode Is about Bill Richmond. When we think about black sports stars we often go to names such as Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, perhaps Kareem Abdul Jabbar or even Jack Johnson, however, if we dig a little deeper and look a little harder we might come across the Legend of Bill Richmond the first black sports star. 

You can read... Read more

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In this episode I am joined by Jessica Jane Robinson.  Jessica talks to me about reggae, becoming Miss Alameda and climate change . In the show Jessica mentions her movie "Recycle woman" and so for your viewing pleasure I have tracked down the film and you can watch it here: https://vimeo.com/57430675 She also mentions Reggae Singers Rankin Scroo and Gin... Read more

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Cisero Murphy (1937–1996) was an American professional pool player. Murphy was the first African-American professional pocket billiards player to ever win world and U.S. national titles.

This recording was provided by Tyriek Murphy and he does an amazing job of honouring his ancestor.  

There are some extras over at my Patreon P... Read more