Books by Zeinab Badawi
Zeinab Badawi is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist and filmmaker. She is President of SOAS University of London and is an honorary fellow of her alma mater St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Born in Sudan, she has worked in the British media for decades including co-presenting Channel 4 News alongside Jon Snow before joining BBC News, where she interviewed some of the world’s most notable personalities and politicians on the BBC’s Hardtalk and Global Questions. Zeinab is a recipient of the President’s Medal of the British Academy, a Patron of the United Nations Association UK, and is on the boards of the Arts, Humanities and Research Council, the Mandela Institute for Development Studies, the International Crisis Group and Afrobarometer.
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
by Zeinab Badawi
An African History of Africa is by Zeinab Badawi, a well-known British journalist who is now the president of SOAS, part of the University of London. The book follows on from a TV series, and Badawi visited some 34 countries as part of her research. The aim was to tell local history from the point of view of African historians, thinkers, and storytellers. Badawi herself was born in Sudan and grew up speaking Arabic at home, but moved to the UK aged two.
Interviews with Zeinab Badawi
Books About African History by African Writers, recommended by Zeinab Badawi
The history of Africa is rich with stories of mighty empires, canny politicking, and complex belief systems. But too often history books written by outsiders focus solely on its colonial past. It’s time to read more books about African history by African writers, argues the broadcaster Zeinab Badawi—whose African History of Africa was recently shortlisted for a Nero Book Award. Here, she recommends five brilliant books to get you started.
Interviews where books by Zeinab Badawi were recommended
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Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
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The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War
by Nick Lloyd -
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1177 BC: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed
by Eric Cline & Glynnis Fawkes (illustrator) -
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Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
by Dennis Romano -
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An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
by Zeinab Badawi
New History Books, recommended by Sophie Roell
New History Books, recommended by Sophie Roell
A magisterial account of the Eastern Front in World War I and a lively graphic history of the Late Bronze Age are among the new books that’ll be out in coming weeks. Our running list of new history books, picked out by Five Books editor Sophie Roell.
