35 episodes

The Black History Buff podcast is a fun and thrilling journey through time. Covering the full historical tapestry of the African Diaspora, you’ll hear tales covering everything from African Samurai to pistol-wielding poets. More than just a podcast, the show is a bridge that links communities throughout the African diaspora and enlightens and empowers its friends.

If you'd like to become a friend of the show follow the links on this page

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You can find me at https://www.blackhistorybuff.com/pages/social-2 & www.blackhisto Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackhistorybuff/support

Black History Buff Podcast King Kurus

    • History
    • 4.8 • 58 Ratings

The Black History Buff podcast is a fun and thrilling journey through time. Covering the full historical tapestry of the African Diaspora, you’ll hear tales covering everything from African Samurai to pistol-wielding poets. More than just a podcast, the show is a bridge that links communities throughout the African diaspora and enlightens and empowers its friends.

If you'd like to become a friend of the show follow the links on this page

https://pod.fan/black-history-buff-podcast

You can find me at https://www.blackhistorybuff.com/pages/social-2 & www.blackhisto Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackhistorybuff/support

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - A life of Music and Colour

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - A life of Music and Colour

    In this episode, we take a brief look at the life of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    This episode was made with the support of Olu Lawal, Awele Ibeaji, Ebi, and Ox-boy entertainment.

    For those who want to learn to learn more, you can do using the resources linked below:

    You can listen to the songs played in this episode using the links below:

    A Ballard in A minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiawatha's Wedding Feast  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S05Jd6iH0nIDeep River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9YsbMy0qAg
    You can learn more about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor by reading the books listed below (these are affiliate links, please dont hate me)

    The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge https://amzn.to/3NTdISRBlack Mahler the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Story https://amzn.to/3tiOtQx
    You can Support our mission to share more stories from Black History & Culture by joining our History Village at the links below:

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    Thank you for listening, sharing, and joining us in our mission to bring our incredible stories into the light.

    KK


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    • 3 min
    Doris Miller - Hero of Pearl Harbour

    Doris Miller - Hero of Pearl Harbour

    Doris Miller was a United States Navy cook third class who was killed in action during World War II. He was the first Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross.
    In this episode, we take a brief look at his heroic life and his amazing contribution to Black History 

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    • 7 min
    The Shameful Phenomenon of Sundown Towns

    The Shameful Phenomenon of Sundown Towns

    What are Sundown Towns?A sundown or sunset town was a city, town or neighbourhood in the US that excluded non-whites after dark.
    The term sundown came from the signs that were posted at the Towns borders stating "Negro, Don't Let the Sun Set On You Here." A stark warning that let blacks know we had to leave by sundown.
    Support our mission to share more stories from Black History and Culture by joining our History Village on Patreon and Steady.
    Membership benefits include:

    - Early access to new episodes
    - Bonus episodes and content
    - Be part of the creation of new episodes
    - Guest memberships
    https://www.patreon.com/Blackhistorybuff (Patreon)
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    Get more Black History Content and join the conversation at the links below:
    https://youtu.be/VFnYYVD3Mzc (Youtube)
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    Thank you, for listening, for sharing and for joining our mission.
    King Kurus,
    The Black History Buff

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    • 4 min
    Why fire and rain are enemies an African folktale

    Why fire and rain are enemies an African folktale

    In this episode, we will be visiting an Ancient African folktale that tells us why Fire and Rain are enemies!

    Credits:

    Art Work by Sergey Pereskokov

    Research, writing, editing and production by King Kurus

    Special thanks to, Ebi, Olu, Yelare and Stephanie

    If you enjoyed the show and would like to support the creation of more content use the links below:

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    and

    https://www.blackhistorybuff.com/ (www.blackhistorybuff.com)

    We hope you enjoyed the show and remember

    Black History is World History

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    • 17 min
    The Little Rock Nine

    The Little Rock Nine

    During the summer of 1957 nine students enrolled at Little Rock high central high, which up until then had been an all-white school. In this episode, we go back and take a look at what those brave students went through and why. 

    Click here to learn more about the Little Rock Nine

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    • 26 min
    1st day of school: The little Rock Nine Preview

    1st day of school: The little Rock Nine Preview

    While creating my soon to be released episode about the Little Rock Nine, I got to thinking about education, school and specifically my first day at school. I started to think about people's first days in general. I decided to ask a few listeners and friends to share their first day experiences, some of which you'll hear in today's episode. 

    I hope you enjoy it.



    I'd love to hear from you, and when I say hear from I mean your voices, so if you have something to say and are happy for it to be aired on the show, please leave me a message using the links below. If you're on social media, you can leave me a message using the link in my bio. 



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    • 8 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
58 Ratings

58 Ratings

Reb Leigh ,

Brilliant podcast, informative and entertaining for all audiences

Such a brilliant podcast that is really easy to follow and covers a variety of figures, historical events and personal stories throughout history mixed with some folk tales too. I’ve learnt so much listening to the series and I highly recommend the content that King creates on his social media platforms alongside the podcast. Thank you so much for making the podcast and the social media content.

Awxgame ,

The history I never knew

When I found this podcast, I expected the same black history that I hear people quote so much about like MLK and Malcom X, but it’s more than that. You learn about other figures in history as well as African folk tales which I love. It’s made me want to delve deeper into my culture, keep up the great work.

loubert57 ,

World History

I love this podcast, I’m a 62 years old woman of colour, we all have colour it just so happens that my colour is white!
Several times I have heard you use the phrase ‘‘this is world history” and you are right this is world history, this is history that we should all know about, not just black people, to truly understand why we have come to a time when we have to shout aloud “black lives matter “ everyone needs to know the history of the world 🌍
It makes me sad when I hear you say this is for my people, black people.. are you trying to make a divide, white history, black history, there cannot be a divide regardless of colour this is our history! World History.
Please don’t just deliver this to a black audience.. everyone should hear this!
Thank you ☺️

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