Writer and Historian

Bronwen’s books include Not Made by Slaves and Abolition and Empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia. You can read her articles on a wide range of historical topics in Foreign Policy and BBC History Magazine and hear her on Thoughtlines, History Extra, and BBC Radio Four’s In Our Time. In addition to her writing, she is the reviews editor of The Historical Journal.

Bronwen is a fellow of Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge and is the Director of Cambridge’s Centre of African Studies.