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Matthew Blackman
Secret History
Historians Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall investigate fascinating, forgotten, and misunderstood histories from the margins. With a focus on Africa, they explore the intriguing personalties and events that shaped our history — stories that have been either omitted or suppressed from the mainstream historical record. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See
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5.0 stars from 6 ratings
I love every single page of your books. As an Afrikaans speaker I am so glad to finally read well researched historical writing after having been fed BS at school in the 70's and 80's. I sincerely hope your books will be translated into Afrikaans! Listening to you speak about if adds...Read full review »
Bunduboy via Apple Podcasts · South Africa · 03/07/24
Great launch!
I look forward to your next episode
Trillofo via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 02/17/24
Recent Episodes
The multi-racial 1898 election in the Cape Colony was the most factional in its history. What was more, it was an election that found the mining magnate and self-professed racist, Cecil John Rhodes, prostrating himself before an entirely black audience. But just why he ended up at this meeting...
Published 04/25/24
Published 04/25/24
In this week's episode Nick and Matthew chat about three fascinating - but entirely unrelated - topics. You'll find out why Cape Christians and Muslims all eat pickled fish over Easter. How a brutalist masterpiece came to be in Durban's port - and why it's on the verge of being torn down. And...
Published 04/18/24
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