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Olivette Otele

Olivette Otele

How to pronounce Olivette Otele: oh-live-ETTE oh-TELL-ee

Olivette Otele Biography

Olivette Otele is Distinguished Professor of the Legacies and Memory of Slavery at SOAS, University of London and Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society. She is an expert on the history of people of African descent and the links between memory, geopolitics and legacies of French and British colonialism.



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