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Interviewing Marika Sherwood: Seeing history with open eyes
In August, YHP interviewed Marika Sherwood; a renowned historian, writer, educator, and activist. Marika is a Senior Research Fellow at...
Iham Ali
Nov 12, 2024


Finding ACER Resources in the Black Cultural Archives
Last year, two of our members visited the Black Cultural Archives to view some archival material for our research project titled 'Each...
Amouraé Bhola-Chin and David
Mar 18, 2024


Our first podcasting workshop
In February, the Young Historians Project attended a podcasting workshop with Weyland McKenzie , a writer and producer actively pushing...
A member of the Young Historians Project
Feb 20, 2024


In conversation with the Black Liberation Front
Carried by a soulful reggae soundtrack, 'We Are Our Own Liberators' is an educational film which introduces viewers to the Black...
Isra Hussein
Jan 14, 2023


New 'Radical Black Women' pamphlet series published
In October, Lawrence Wishart in collaboration with YHP and Meera Shakti Osborne published three school resources as part of their Radical...
Hannah Francis, Deanna Lyncook and Danielle Wiles
Oct 28, 2022


Unveiling YHP’s Mural at Charing Cross Hospital
When YHP’s latest project on the history of African women in the British health service began , one of our proposed outputs was...
Ijeoma Peter
Jun 1, 2022


YHP Unveils Mural at Royal United Hospital, Bath
On Wednesday 17th November, the Young Historians Project unveiled the first mural of our project, ' A Hidden History: African women in...
Lamesha Ruddock
Nov 29, 2021

Interviewing Cecilia Anim at the Inclusion Café
This month I met Dr Cecilia Anim, the first Black president of the Royal College of Nursing, at the Inclusion Café. The Inclusion Café...
Debrah Igbinedion
Nov 4, 2020


Young Historians at work: Turning the camera onto our story
As we reach a quarter of the way through our current project, ' A Hidden History: African Women and the British Health Service 1930 –...
Aleja Taddesse
Jun 19, 2019


YHP awarded £46,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for 2nd project – 'A Hidden History: African Women and the British Health Service,1930–2000
The Young Historians Project is excited to announce that we've been awarded funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This will allow us to...
Young Historians Project
Nov 8, 2018


Visiting Pepukayi's bookshop, the Maa Maat Cultural Centre
Sometime in January 2017, my friend and I decided to attend an on-campus event hosted by the Black, Social, Political Society (BSPS)....
Enna Uwaifo
Nov 7, 2017


History Matters!
A groundbreaking people-powered project encouraging the development of Young Historians of African and Caribbean Heritage in Britain.
Young Historians Project
May 4, 2017
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