Olivette Otele
United KingdomacademicFemale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Olivette Otele, born in Cameroon in 1970, has made history as the first black woman to be appointed a professor of History in the United Kingdom. With a focus on slavery, colonialism, and post-colonialism, she earned her doctorate from the Sorbonne in Paris. Currently, she teaches History and Memory of Slavery at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, contributing significantly to the academic discourse surrounding these critical subjects.
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Olivette Otele is a distinguished professor of the legacies and memory of slavery at Soas University of London.
More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade | SlaveryUnited Kingdom· 2026-09-15
Prof Olivette Otele discussed the significance of addressing the historical amnesia surrounding the experiences of enslaved women.
‘Women were currency’: How reparatory justice is spotlighting gender-based violence | AfricaUnited Kingdom· 2026-07-07
Olivette Otele was the first black woman to be appointed a professor of History in the UK.
“A extrema-direita violenta não é maioria, mas a maioria que a tolera é cúmplice” | Racismo
Portugal· 2025-11-28