Storying History: Literary Voices - It’s not all Black and White

‘Storying History: Literary Voices’ - It’s not all Black and White: Time to tell children the truth about slavery

In this podcast we talked about the sensitive topic of slavery with particular reference to the role of the UK and The Netherlands. This podcast includes host, Elsie, along with two guests: Primary school teacher, Britt Van der Veen, and Author and Publisher, Hillary Baker. 

The focus of this podcast is on three works of children’s literature and their importance to the cultural archive and how appropriate they are to current discussions. Elsie and her guests mull over the difficulties of relating the horrors of slavery to children and how and when this should be done. This is the beginning of an important conversation about society, and the inclusion of the unpleasant parts of our history in the school system. 

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