Olivette Otele

Source: The Guardian
10/30/19

UK's first black female history professor to research Bristol's slavery links

Olivette Otele says she wants to ‘facilitate dialogue that needs to take place’ at University of Bristol.

Source: Quartz
10-25-18

It's 2018 and the UK is just now getting its first black female history professor?

Yes, that's right.  Her name is Olivette Otele and she studies the history of the slave trade.