{"id":2261,"date":"2026-04-24T10:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:18:58","slug":"the-struggle-to-teach-the-history-of-africa-and-the-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/?p=2261","title":{"rendered":"The Struggle to Teach the History of Africa and the Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Speaker <strong>Hakim Adi<\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n<p>and a <strong>Report from Venezuela<\/strong> by <strong>Jesus Rojas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 3 May 2026 at 2pm London time [on Zoom]<\/strong><br \/>\nAll welcome, but you will need to register in advance:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ucl.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/aKZN-1OmRMeE5QyE-80h2g\">https:\/\/ucl.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/aKZN-1OmRMeE5QyE-80h2g<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2232\" src=\"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hakimadi2007-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hakimadi2007-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hakimadi2007-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hakimadi2007-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hakimadi2007-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hakimadi2007.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>Professor Adi<\/strong> was the first historian of African heritage to become a professor of history in Britain when he was appointed Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of Chichester in 2015. In 2018 he launched the world\u2019s first online MRes in the History of Africa and the African Diaspora which trained many students including six currently engaged in PhD research.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2263 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesus-rojas-274x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesus-rojas-274x300.jpeg 274w, https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesus-rojas-700x768.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesus-rojas-768x842.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesus-rojas.jpeg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/>Jesus Rojas<\/strong> is an English Professor and outspoken revolutionary dedicated to the principles of Bolivarianism. A committed Chavista, he actively advocates for the legacy of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez and the socio-political transformation of Venezuela. As a staunch anti-imperialist, his academic work and political activism are driven by a firm opposition to foreign intervention and a passion for Latin American sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Hakim Adi and a Report from Venezuela by Jesus Rojas Sunday 3 May 2026 at 2pm London time [on Zoom] All welcome, but you will need to register in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2261"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2268,"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions\/2268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}