David Olusoga
Know for: Acting
Born: 1970-01-01
Place of birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Also know as:
David Harewood on Blackface (2023)
At its peak, The Black and White Minstrel Show was watched by a Saturday night audience of more than 20 million people. David Harewood goes on a...
Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes (2015)
During the Second World War, thousands of men and women from the Caribbean colonies volunteered to come to Britain to join the fight against Hitler....
The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden (2022)
Using modern technology and esteemed historians, The People's Piazza tells the story of the iconic Covent Garden Piazza, through stories of it's...
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files (2019)
David Olusoga opens secret government files to show how the Windrush scandal and the ‘hostile environment’ for black British immigrants...
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent (2020)
David Olusoga explores the incredible journey of the African novel – how a fearless collection of writers created books that were to define the...
The Felling of Colston (2021)
Chronicling the felling of the statue of Edward Colston-a 17th Century slave trader-during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, England, and how...
Our NHS: A Hidden History (2021)
As we emerge from a global pandemic that has turned our world upside down, David Olusoga explores the hidden history of the nurses, doctors and...
Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol (2021)
Documentary following Bristol’s mayor, Marvin Rees, as he and the city respond to the extraordinary events which followed the toppling of the...
Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich (2005)
Documentary on the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–1908.
Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich (2005)
Documentary on the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–1908.