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The first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize

The first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize

FromThe History Hour


The first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize

FromThe History Hour

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When Chief Albert Luthuli won the Nobel Peace Prize he was living under a banning order in rural South Africa. He won the prize for advocating peaceful opposition to the Apartheid regime. We hear from his daughter Albertina and speak to a South African historian about his legacy. Plus the cave discovery in France that changed the way we think about Neanderthals, the best-selling African-American crime writer Chester Himes, celebrating 100 years since a cinematic first and the reintroduction of beavers that's helping restore Scotland's ecosystem.

(Picture: Albert Luthuli receives the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961. Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive)
Released:
Dec 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.