For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. 2023 Dan David Prize winner Stephanie Jones-Rogers' research found that female enslavers were ubiquitous.
Rachel L. Swarns, The New York Times
2022 Dan David Prize winner Kristina Richardson explores the history of slavery and racial capitalism outside of the Transatlantic slave trade and the importance of research on often understudied groups and histories.
Juan Chang, The Bowdoin Orient
2024 Dan David Prize winner Keisha N. Blain and co-author Amy Sommers look back at the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and hypothesize how it might inform Vice President Kamala Harris's possible presidency.
Keisha N. Blain and Amy Sommers, Foreign Policy Magazine
Nine Outstanding Historians, Archaeologists and Archivists Receive $300,000 (USD) Each as the Dan David Prize Recognizes Breakthrough Research on the Past
The Dan David Prize
“James Clavell planned to cover far more of Japan’s history,” historian Adam Clulow, 2023 Dan David Prize winner, explains as FX’s series adaptation of Shōgun concludes.
Alex Reif, The Laughing Place
Nigerian singer Síkírù Àyìndé Barrister pioneered fújì, a Yorùbá genre of popular dance music. Historian Saheed Aderinto’s documentary on the musician’s life and times premiered in 2024. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asked Aderinto about the film and the music it brings to our attention.
Wale Fatade, The Conversation Africa
“African American giving is grounded in a collective sense of responsibility and obligation towards the community and the continuing larger struggle for liberation," says 2022 Dan David Prize winner Tyrone Freeman
Tiffany Legington Graham, The Non Profit Times
"The backstory to Shōgun is as compelling as the book itself," writes 2023 Dan David Prize winner, historian Adam Clulow ahead of the premier of the anticipated FX series.
Adam Clulow, Made by History
The director and producer of the film, 2023 Dan David Prize Winner Saheed Aderintọ, is a leading cultural historian and authority on Nigerian popular music.
Oladeinde Olawoyin, Premium Times
2022 Dan David Prize Winner and special adviser to Ghana's culture minister Nana Oforiatta Ayim described the deal as a “sign of healing and commemoration for the violence that happened”.
Matthew Weaver, The Guardian
Special adviser to Ghana’s culture minister, 2022 Dan David Prize Winner Nana Oforiatta Ayim, comments on British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum move to lend 32 objects looted from Ghana back to Ghana.
BBC News
2023 Dan David Prize Winner Chao Tayiana Maina combines a lifelong passion for history with a deep understanding of digital technologies, making her one of the very few African experts in digital humanities.
The New African