Part of the Guildford Book Festival 2025 collection
Historian and author Luke Pepera will take you through 500,000 years of African history and culture by telling stories from his new book.
About this event Motherland is a ground-breaking new exploration of African culture and identity, told via Luke Pepera’s journey through 500,000 years of history to connect with his extraordinary heritage.Pepera tackles the questions many people of African descent ask - Who are we?Where do we come from? What defines us? And how might knowledge of deep history affect our understanding of our identity?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Luke Pepera is a writer, broadcaster, historian, and anthropologist dedicated to sharing his passion for African history & cultures. Hewas born in Ghana, and has a degree from St Peter's College, Oxford, where he read Archaeology & Anthropology and studied ancient and medieval African history. Since graduating he has worked at the Pitt Rivers Museum and The Times and has written and presented Africa: Written Out of History, a documentary for Dan Snow's History Hit.
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St Mary's Church Guildford with Guildford Methodist Church, Quarry Street, Guildford