The British education system conveniently leaves out a lot of its cruelest history and in my personal experience shys away from including any positiv influence from Black people before the 60s.

But for many reasons the cold isles of Britain have had Black people wevaed into their history for some time, for good and for bad.

Director Akinola Davies unearths their forgotten stories for the series ‘Black to Life’ highlighting some Black British figures were unlikely taught in British schools!.

Watch the short video below