The Untold Story of African Europeans, with Olivette Otele
b'The history of Africans in Europe may seem recent \\u2013 a result of migration in the 20th and 21st centuries \\u2013 but in her new book,\\xa0African Europeans, historian\\xa0Olivette Otele\\xa0tells a very different story \\u2013 a story of African presence in Europe that stretches back centuries.\\xa0\\nOtele writes of African Europeans through the lives of individuals both ordinary and extraordinary. She has uncovered a forgotten past, one that features the Libya-born Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, a Medici duke believed to have been born to a free African woman and enslaved Africans living in Europe during the Renaissance. By exploring a history that has long been overlooked, she sheds light on questions very much alive today: What can movements like Black Lives Matter learn from the long history of Black activism in the UK and Europe? Why are Black Britons such as the Windrush generation often treated as if they aren\\u2019t full British citizens? And how can remembering the silenced narratives of our past help us understand the present and lead to a better future?\\xa0\\nOn November 23 2020, Otele will came to Intelligence Squared to reveal this untold story of European and African history. She was in conversation with author and BBC Radio 4 presenter\\xa0Kavita Puri.\\n\\u2014\\nWe\\u2019d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be.\\xa0\\nSend us an email or voice note with your thoughts to podcasts@intelligencesquared.com or Tweet us @intelligence2.\\xa0\\nAnd if you\\u2019d like to support our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations, as well as ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared today.\\n\\nJust visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more.\\xa0\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'