90 Second Narratives
90 Second Narratives is a podcast featuring engaging true stories told by trained historians. Each episode includes a short story interwoven with expert analysis of the story’s historical significance. The concise length and storytelling format of the episodes make history accessible, dynamic, and entertaining. The subjects of the stories are diverse—spanning the globe and ranging from the pre-historic to the modern age. While individual stories stand alone, the episodes in each season are linked thematically and combine to offer comparative perspectives that illuminate connections from across the human experience. Every episode also includes recommendations for further reading. 90 Second Narratives provides a novel way to hear historians share the wonders of the past in their own voices.
90 Second Narratives
Motherhood and Adoption in Precolonial Uganda
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Sky Michael Johnston
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Season 3
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Episode 6
“Motherhood took different forms in the communities that lived on the north-west shores of Lake Victoria and in its littoral from around the eighth century…”
So begins today’s story from Dr. Rhiannon Stephens.
For further reading:
A History of African Motherhood: The Case of Uganda, 700-1900 by Rhiannon Stephens (Cambridge University Press, 2013)