3 episodes
IsItCosImfromCroydon2's podcast Mrs Check Out Your History aka Simone Higgins
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This is about the lives and careers of individuals who witnessed, participated or touched significant historical events in the UK and Europe long before and up to 1948. These interesting and in many cases high achieving individuals had one thing in common, they were people of colour.
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Introduction to Is It Cos Im from Croydon?
Just to let you know that the creator of the chart topping podcast 'Classic Hollywood MTC' is about to launch another great podcast for your entertainment and edification.
This time under the name 'Mrs Check Out Your History' (also known as 'Mrs Classic Film Fan) Mrs COYH is going to give you the lowdown on some of the great figures of British and European History.
But this comes with a bit of a twist, for these great historical figures are people of colour, who made their mark in Europe before 1948.
Listen to this brief introduction and the episodes to come that will tell you much much more.
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Alexander Dumas: Novelist, Revolutionary, Traveller and Son of Slaves
This is the first episode of the new podcast show called 'Is It Cos Im from Croydon' and it features one of the greatest writers ever, who happened to be a person of colour.
Alexander Dumas wrote many, many, many novels, which contained some of the greatest adventure stories ever told. But his own life and career, as well as that of his father, a Napoleonic Soldier was even more eventful than his books.
Sit, rest, have a cup of tea and listen to Mrs Check Out Your History aka as Mrs Classic Film Fan, tell the extraordinary true tale, of the life and career of one of the greatest novelists of the 19th Century, France ever produced. Alexander Dumas, the son of a Napoleonic soldier and the grandson of a black slave. -
Episode 2 of Is it Cos Im from Croydon?
In a time when being a Muslim in the West is not always a walk in the park, it is sometimes worth remembering that during World War II, when it looked as if the Nazi's would rule the world, members of the Muslim community stood with their allied brothers and sisters and fought for liberty.
This episode of Is It Cos Im from Croydon tells the story of one such individual, Noor Inayat Khan. A youthful, stunning, intelligent and artistic muslim women, who did just that. Fighting the fight for freedom and like so many others risking her future, so that we could enjoy our own.
Sit, listen, drink a cup of tea and hear the story of this brave young women, who fought for the Allied cause and happened to be a Muslim and a person of colour.