Oxford University has attracted and produced many of the most original thinkers over the past several hundred years. It boasts heads of states, academics, writers, actors, scientists, philosophers and many other luminaries as its alumni.

On any official university tour there you can hear about the history of the colleges, the famous alumni – Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher – to name a few. But did you know that John Kufuor, president of Ghana attended Hertford? Raymond Robinson, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago attended St John College, contemporary jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch, who has a degree in Modern History attended Hertford College? Or Dr Susan E. Rice, specialist advisor on African Affairs in the Clinton administration.

 Oxford University have seen many African, African-Caribbean, African-Americans and Black British scholars pass through their hallowed gates. Black Oxford Untold Stories will highlight some of these black scholars attending Oxford University at the turn of the century and even earlier.

Join our tour and hear about Oxford's firsts – the first black scholar – Christian Cole attended University college in 1873 became the first African to practice in the English courts. Aina Moore – the first African woman to achieve a degree in 1935.  Alain Locke – the first black Rhodes Scholar in 1907.

This new walking tour celebrates Oxford's black scholars' previously untold stories.