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A conversation with historian and author of When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and Warriors, Paula Akpan. Akpan will discuss her research methods for preserving the historical archive as part of the opening of Figures: A Black British Archive
Paula Akpan is a historian, journalist and author. Her writing has appeared in British Vogue, Teen Vogue, The Independent, The i Paper, VICE, GAY TIMES, The Bookseller, DIVA Magazine, i-D and more. Her essays have featured in Loud Black Girls, The Queer Bible and The Black History Book. Paula holds a BA in Sociology and an MA in Black British History. When We Ruled is her first book.
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Location
Staffordshire St, Peckham, London, SE15 5TJ