Witness History Episodes Available now
Bi Kidude: Zanzibar's 'golden grandmother of music'
Bi Kidude was one of the first women from Zanzibar to sing in public without the veil
Arctic 30: Russian arrest of Greenpeace campaigners
In 2013, campaigners were arrested for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic
Leaving China to study after the Cultural Revolution
We hear from one of the first students to study overseas after the Cultural Revolution
Saving Guadalupe from goats
An island expedition helped save Guadalupe's wildlife from extinction...and goats
Egypt's Rabaa massacre
In August 2013, the army killed hundreds of protestors in Cairo
North and South Korean leaders meet for the first time in decades
In June 2000, the first inter-Korean summit since the Korean War took place
The Bristol bus boycott
How a protest by black activists in 1963 led to the UK's first anti-racism laws
Women invade Dublin's male-only swimming spot
In 1974, women campaigned to swim at the Forty Foot in Dublin, Ireland
Celtic Tiger: Ireland's 'ghost estates'
How the collapse of Ireland's Celtic Tiger led to thousands of abandoned housing estates
The first Rose of Tralee
In 1959, the first Rose of Tralee festival was held in Ireland
