Witness History Episodes Available now
Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star
She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru’s greatest singers
A young mother saved from death by stoning
In 2003, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim defended Amina Lawal from death by stoning
Queen of the 'fro
In 1986, Charlotte Mensah went to work in the UK's first luxury Afro-Caribbean hair salon
Inventing the Covid N95 mask
In 1992, Peter Tsai invented the N95 mask filter
First internet cafe
Cyberia, billed as the World's first internet cafe opened in London in 1994
The Arctic’s doomsday seed vault
In 2008, seeds began arriving at a frozen vault designed to save the world’s food supply
Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
In 1980, poor rural workers occupied land owned by the rich and violent clashes followed
Silenced by the Vatican
How Brazilian priest Leonardo Boff was punished for his writing on liberation theology
Jack Strong aka Ryszard Kukliński: Cold War traitor or hero?
During the Cold War a high-ranking Polish colonel passed Soviet secrets to the CIA
The Hungarian footballer executed for love
Sándor Szűcs was hanged for trying to escape communist Hungary with his lover
