Witness History Episodes Available now
My dad created Dungeons & Dragons
In 1974, Gary Gygax created the fantasy roleplay game
Bonga Kwenda: Music banned in Angola and Portugal
Outspoken supporter of Angolan independence, Bonga Kwenda was forced into exile in 1972
Ethiopia's 1984 famine
In 1984, a news report on a famine in Ethiopia led to a global fundraising campaign
I found the first dinosaur remains in Antarctica
In 1986, Argentinian geologist Eduardo Olivero discovered a new kind of Ankylosaurus
The fight to stop skin lightening in India
In 2013, Kavitha Emmanuel began campaigning to stop skin lightening in India
Eight years trapped on the Suez Canal in Egypt
After the Six Day War in 1967, 14 ships were stuck on the Great Bitter Lake
Dyke and Dryden: Cosmetic kings
In 1969, Dyke and Dryden started one the most successful black British businesses
Fleeing Afghanistan alone as a child
Dr Waheed Arian escaped poverty and war in Afghanistan to begin a new life in the UK
The Rose Revolution in Georgia
In 2003, demonstrators stormed the parliament building in Tbilisi, holding flowers
The Sunflower Movement
In 2014, more than 500,000 Taiwanese people protested against a new trade deal with China
