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15 minutes of fame: Aina Forbes Bonetta, Queen Victoria’s Yoruba goddaughter
15 minutes of fame: Aina Forbes Bonetta, Queen Victoria’s Yoruba goddaughter
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Sep 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
It’s the HistoryExtra podcast’s 15th birthday, and to celebrate, we’ve asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history they think deserves their ‘15 minutes of fame’. In this episode, Hannah Cusworth nominates Aina Forbes Bonetta, also known as Sara. A Yoruba girl transported from West Africa, Aina became a goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Hannah speaks to Elinor Evans about what her story tells us much about the connections between West Africa and Britain during the Victorian era. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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