Black History Month in the Context of the Continent

Author and professor Samual Nyanchoga joins Up/Root to talk about why Black History Month still matters, Black historical heroes and how Blackness is a universal civilization. Dr. Nyanchoga is a Dean of Faculty at the Catholic University of East Africa and Fulbright Scholar (Boston College) and is the author of seven books: Author of Aspects of African History, Contemporary Issues in Kenyan History, Citizenship, Ethnicity and Politics of Belonging in Kenya, Governance in Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Slave Heritage and Identity at the Kenyan Coast. This episode was edited and recorded by Bukachi Akatsa of BTSU studios (bstu.av@gmail.com). The Up/Root jingle is performed and written by my daughter, Selah!