Secret History
Matthew BlackmanHistorians 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.
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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Categories | ArtsHistory | ||||
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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 audien... more
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 wh... more
Sir George Yonge - aka The Lofty Twaddler - was so flagrantly (and hopelessly) corrupt, that he lasted little more than a year as Governor of the Cape Colony. But while there is much comedy in his actions (he was surprised when the Dutch objected to ... more
This is a podcast of the history of an image of a hanging that took place in Rhodesia in 1896 at the time of the First Chimurenga (or Matabele Uprising). The image appeared in a book by Olive Schreiner, 'Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland', and in a... more
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- Great podcast - much needed historical detail
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 still more detail - thank you!
Apple Podcasts5Bunduboy
South Africa2 years ago - Great launch!
I look forward to your next episode
Apple Podcasts5Trillofo
United Kingdom2 years ago
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