Interview with Olivette Otele

The UK’s first black female history professor on universities atoning for their pasts and believing in the goodness of others

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November 15, 2018

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#1 Submitted by Mission1 on November 21, 2018 - 7:54am

"I have learned that greed and fear can make us do awful things" - profound indeed!

#2 Submitted by shirley_2 on August 27, 2022 - 9:40am

Yes, it’s sad that “history teaches us a lot but we refuse to learn the lessons.”

Interview with Olivette Otele

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