# BONUS: Decolonising Coffee History

An episode of [A History of Coffee](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1553744133), 22 Jun 2021, 48 min.

Audio: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6fa3f670-93a0-4fed-a038-94eb5169047f.mp3

Each sip of coffee we drink is steeped in dark colonial past. The reason we can enjoy it every morning is because it's relatively cheap, and many people suffered under European colonisers to create systems that produced this cheap coffee. But unfortunately, that's just the beginning. Colonialism has stripped enslaved and indigenous people of their language, pushed their descendants into work that a modern European would never do, and created racial ideologies that persist and harm people of colour to this day. In this bonus episode of A History of Coffee, documentary maker James Harper moderates a conversation between Professor Peter D'Sena, a leading historian from the decolonising academic movement, and Professor Jonathan Morris, author of Coffee: A Global History. They explore how colonialism shaped coffee, and what a cup of coffee that seeks to address the damage of colonialism would look like. Help other people find the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJ How would you decolonise coffee? Start a conversation with us on social media. Jonathan Morris' Instagram (https://link.filterstories.org/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://link.filterstories.org/3jNr9ou) Peter D'Sena Instagram (https://link.filterstories.org/34WvPl5) and Twitter (https://link.filterstories.org/3ggSlKL) James Harper’s Filter Stories Instagram (https://link.filterstories.org/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://link.filterstories.org/3baTsJk) If you an educator and are interested in decolonising your curriculum, Peter wrote a guide here: https://link.filterstories.org/3cvoH3l Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU Listen to other coffee documentaries on James’ Filter Stories podcast: https://link.filterstories.org/3ajoT5e Subscribe to The Science of Coffee podcast Listen to episodes on coffee science, farming and people on the main Filter Stories channel. Click here. Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. What kind of racing car does the Gaggia Classic GT home espresso machine remind you of? Use discount code FS202610 to get 10% off. Meet the Mazzer Super Jolly g, the iconic grinder that's got even better. Click here to learn about its super fast grinding, bump protection, and 100th-of-a-gram accuracy. Support Filter Stories at Ko-Fi.com/FilterStories

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