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Soma's Academy

Hello, I'm Soma! I make educational videos focused primarily on history, with a particular emphasis on less-discussed topics.

I have a BA in History and Anthropology and an MA in History, with a research focus on precolonial West Africa.

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13:01

Are Dire Wolves Back from Extinction?

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Shared 7 months ago

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16:46

Making a Nihilist: The Life and Philosophy of Kaneko Fumiko

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Shared 7 months ago

1.7K views

14:10

Njinga of Ndongo: Central Africa's FEARLESS Warrior Queen

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Shared 8 months ago

1.6K views

10:06

The Pharaoh They Tried to Erase

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Shared 1 year ago

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19:50

How Economics Explained Gets African History Wrong

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Shared 1 year ago

160K views

12:00

The Life and Times of Kaneko Fumiko: Making an Anarchist | Life in Korea

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Shared 1 year ago

1.6K views

7:51

Is The Sudbury Devil Any Good? | Historical Movie Review

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Shared 1 year ago

5.8K views

15:01

Williamsburg, Virginia's Colonial Capital | #ProjectHomecoming2

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Shared 2 years ago

1.4K views

10:34

The Life and Times of Kaneko Fumiko: Making an Anarchist | Childhood

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Shared 2 years ago

3K views

24:21

The Ghana Empire (Wagadu) - Africa's Land of Gold

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Shared 2 years ago

47K views

13:00

Chaco Canyon: Indigenous Astronomy in the American Southwest

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Shared 2 years ago

13K views

6:45

The Dubiously Pagan Origins of Halloween

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Shared 3 years ago

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17:41

The Kingdom of Benin (Edo Empire) | West Africa's Longest Lasting State

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Shared 3 years ago

83K views

6:31

A Brief History of Birthdays [Re-Edit]

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Shared 3 years ago

23K views

27:06

Discovering the World: A Brief History of Human Migrations | #ProjectExploration

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Shared 3 years ago

4.4K views

14:21

What's REALLY Behind Catherine the Great's Portraits

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Shared 3 years ago

821 views

5:52

The Curious Case of the Chinese Anarchist Movement

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Shared 3 years ago

5K views

21:02

The Khmelnytsky Uprising and the Zaporizhian Hetmanate #ProjectUkraine

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Shared 3 years ago

11K views

16:59

The Life of Ito Noe: Feminism and Anarchism in Imperial Japan

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Shared 3 years ago

7.1K views

19:09

Longbow and Musket Demonstration at Jamestown Settlement

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Shared 4 years ago

1K views

6:29

Was the Civil War Inevitable?

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Shared 4 years ago

2.6K views

5:58

The Origins of the Alphabet

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Shared 4 years ago

2K views

9:01

How Did We Start Celebrating Birthday Parties?

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Shared 4 years ago

1.6K views

5:11

The Surprisingly Non-Pagan Origins of Easter

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Shared 4 years ago

2.2K views

16:46

Kanno Sugako: Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot

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Shared 4 years ago

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6:38

Pandemics in Medieval Africa

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Shared 4 years ago

2.7K views

11:36

Decoding Hieroglyphs: Enter Champollion

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Shared 4 years ago

1.9K views

8:41

Decoding Hieroglyphs: Cracking the Riddle of the Sphinx

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Shared 5 years ago

2.5K views

2:26

History Snippets: The Equal Field System

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Shared 5 years ago

1.2K views

5:01

Australia: Largest Island, Smallest Continent

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Shared 5 years ago

1K views

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Impacts of the Mongol Empire

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Shared 5 years ago

4K views