Thirty years since the first free elections i...

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes focussing on Kenya.We hear about Muthoni Kirima, one of the last Mau Mau fighters to come out of hiding and lay down her arms.Caroline Elkins, Professor of History at Harvard University, discusses the brutal ...  Show more

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.This week, we hear about the end of decades-long martial law in Taiwan and discuss its impact on the country's literature with Ti-han Chang, the Deputy Director of Centre of Taiwan Studies at SOAS University ...  Show more

This year marks 35 years since Nelson Mandela was released from prison and apartheid was dismantled in South Africa.To mark the anniversary we are revisiting an episode that looks at some of aspects of the anti-apartheid struggle that you might not know: pirate radio and protest ...  Show more

📖 [Episode Transcripts in link below] ⬇️ Today, we take the time to explore the significant chapter of the end of apartheid in South Africa, which unfolded in 1994. This event marked the conclusion of a racist discrimination system and was symbolized by the election of Nelson Ma ...  Show more

“If I have my money, I have my assets, I have my farms, my houses, my cars, I have everything I need, I don’t need to be friendly with any white person” – Sandile Swana, former freedom fighter.In 1948, the National Party came into power in South Africa and introduced apartheid, a ...  Show more

It's been 30 years since Nelson Mandela led the African National Congress (ANC) to power, ending apartheid in South Africa.   
  
But as voters head to the polls, the party is on the verge of losing dominance, after coming under fire over corruption, high levels of crim ...  Show more