ATA Storytelling

History. Identity.
Stories worth carrying.

Discover ATA’s original storytelling on YouTube and Instagram. Explore the histories we inherit, the knowledge we overlook and the cultural conversations that deepen our understanding.

History & cultural knowledge

More context.
A deeper connection.

Start with the histories and ideas behind the places, people and traditions we know.

History & identity

How Nigeria was formed

Explore the 1914 amalgamation and the history behind the country we know today.

Cultural knowledge

Understanding Ethiopia’s calendar

A closer look at a different way of marking time, and the cultural context behind it.

Historical storytelling

Remembering Sarah Baartman

An ATA story examining exploitation, dignity and the importance of remembering with care.

Culture in conversation

Memory, family
and the stories we tell.

Bisi in conversation with filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. about My Father’s Shadow, Nigeria and cultural preservation.

Culture in conversation

Akinola Davies Jr. on memory, fatherhood & Nigeria

Bisi sits down with the director of My Father’s Shadow to explore memory, family and cultural preservation.

Unforgotten

Return to the stories
we must remember.

Explore people, resistance and cultural memory through ATA’s historical storytelling.

Unforgotten

Ndaté Yalla Mbodj: the queen who refused French rule

Return to the story of Ndaté Yalla Mbodj and her resistance in Senegal.

Unforgotten

William Kamkwamba: the boy who harnessed the wind

An episode from ATA’s historical storytelling series.

Unforgotten

Nehanda Nyakasikana: the woman the British tried to silence

An episode from ATA’s historical storytelling series.

Unforgotten

The Herero and Nama genocide: Namibia’s forgotten horror

ATA’s historical storytelling on the Herero and Nama genocide in Namibia.

Think About It

Culture. Identity.
Questions worth asking.

ATA’s reflections on the ideas and conversations shaping how we understand ourselves.

Curated Experiences

Culture, lived
and shared.

Watch the Cultural Dinner 2026 and discover how ATA brings cultural learning into the room.

Curated experience

Know Your Roots: The Cultural Dinner 2026

ATA’s second annual Africa Day dinner, bringing cultural learning, food, conversation and Cultural Vanguard recognition into one evening.

Be first to hear.

Join the community for cultural stories and announcements about upcoming ATA quizzes, dinners and experiences.