We Reclaim Our Future By Owning Our History with S.I.Martin

Secular Sankofa: Black Humanist Voices from the Association of Black Humanists · Jul 12, 2026 · 39m

"We're stewards of all of this information, and it's our responsibility — not anyone else's — to own our own conclusions." — S.I. MartinS.I. Martin is a British historian, author, and teacher specialising in Black British history and literature. He is the author of Incomparable World and Britain's Slave Trade, and founded the 500 Years of Black London walks.Host Audrey Simmons talks to S.I. Martin about owning the archive rather than outsourcing it, why Black history should start from the bottom up, and why he believes it's time to "drop religion like a hot brick." The conversation ranges…