by Ronald E Miller with Lorna Touryan Miller and Arpi Misha Mille University of California Press, 2020, 248 pp. There is no shortage of written testimonies and academic studies on the genocide against the Tutsi
Joan Scottie, Warren Bernauer, and Jack Hicks Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2022, 264 pp, $24.95 (£20.40), paperback I Will Live for Both of Us recounts the history of Inuit grassroots activism from the firsthand account of Joan
My interest in oral history was sparked by a six-month sabbatical in Nicaragua in 1992 where I participated in the III Continental Encounter in Managua, part of the continental-wide campaign to commemorate 500 years of indigenous, black, and grassroots resistance to colonialism. As a volunteer translator at the
Oral histories of BBC people in online catalogue give rich insights to the culturally curious, community historians & academic researchers.
by Barbara Gibson London: Lume Books, 28 July 2022, 200 pp, paperback £8.99. Barbara Gibson’s Streetlife: Male and Trans Sex Workers’ Voices from the AIDS Era presents the edited and condensed life stories of six individuals, four
By Helen Olsen Agger Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2021, 272 pp, paperback £18.31; ebook £16.40 Helen Olsen Agger begins this beautifully written and at times heart-wrenching book by saying that as a child, she
Acts of Union is a UKRI funded project based at Queen’s University Belfast, investigating ‘mixed’ relationships in twentieth century Ireland. The project aims to improve understanding of the lived experiences of mixed marriage couples and their families.
By Lynn M. Thomas Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2020, 368 pp., $28.95 (paperback). Whilst working on Beneath the Surface, Lynn Thomas wrote a piece on ‘Historicising Agency’ as she grappled with how agency had slipped
Eleanor Herz Swent, with a foreword by Eric C. Nystrom Reno & Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, 2021, pp 228, $45.00 In the late 1970s, the discovery of gold deposits in Napa County triggered
Coventry is more known for cars than coal but in Binley the colliery was the focal point of the local community. A recent oral history project has reconnected residents with their mining past and revealed a strong ongoing sense of community.
