Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
British schoolchildren are being taught that Stonehenge was built by Black people.
Yes, really.
Research by the think tank Policy Exchange uncovered one book that makes this claim, Brilliant Black British History is being used widely in schools.
The drive to decolonise history curriculums has ‘gone too far’ warns report (well, yes):https://t.co/Q4NSpEk59a
And as @TonyDowson rightly points out, the report ‘shows that the Stonehenge point is still being taught’.https://t.co/SgLqZhtme9
— Madeleine Emerald (@emeraldthiele) May 18, 2025
The book, written by Nigerian-born author Atinuke, has sparked outrage among historians, parents, and anyone with a passing interest in, you know, facts.
New children’s book claims Stone Age British people were black and pagan monument ‘Stonehenge’ was built by black people.
The new book titled Brilliant Black British History claims Britain was a black country, 7,000 years before White people settled in Britain.
It also… pic.twitter.com/oF8MjPgtkd
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) September 19, 2023
If you thought Horrible Histories was amplifying the propaganda, well, here’s a new book aimed at children that also inserts sub-Saharan Africans into British history.
BRILLIANT BLACK BRITISH HISTORY pic.twitter.com/lvWLPckTs7
— 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 (@AncientEuropea1) September 16, 2023
Things that never happened. pic.twitter.com/sx7DmkiqO5
— m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) May 18, 2025
Nevertheless, it was still given an British Book award for best ‘non-fiction’ book for children last year.
Atinuke and @kingsleynebechi‘s BRILLIANT BLACK BRITISH HISTORY wins Book of the Year: Children’s Non-Fiction (supported by @TWJSciNat). Congratulations!
“A stroke of genius”, agreed the judges. #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards @KidsBloomsbury @bloomsburybooks pic.twitter.com/78MxoOwPlf
— The Bookseller (@thebookseller) May 13, 2024
The teaching material, part of a broader push to “decolonize” history, insists that the iconic Wiltshire monument wasn’t just the work of pasty, bearded locals dragging stones across a field. Instead, it suggests a diverse coalition of ancient builders, including Black communities, were the masterminds behind the 5,000-year-old structure.
The book also claims “Britain was a black country for more than 7,000 years before white people came”.
The black people of Wiltshire built Stonehenge (lol)
These are not ‘contested narratives’, they are lies promulgated by ignorant chancers. pic.twitter.com/pQD1MJpq4E
— Madeleine Emerald (@emeraldthiele) May 18, 2025
As we have previous covered, there is no actual evidence of any of this, aside from shady accounts of the odd darker skinned person being present, and some scattered bone finds, including the much debunked ‘Cheddar man’, that are claimed to be of ancient black people.
Europeans were not Black 3,000 years ago. Cheddar man was not Black, Stonehenge was not built by Blacks, and Africans did not “evolve” or mutate into White Europeans.
Origins of the First Europeans https://t.co/dukCWr2AK3
Out-of-Africa Theory Debunked https://t.co/VROSz7XrZh pic.twitter.com/KgxAk16kMI
— Robert Sepehr (@robertsepehr) May 18, 2025
Policy Exchange notes “in too many cases, this process has gone too far, leading to the teaching of radical and contested interpretations of the past as fact, or with anecdotes of interesting lives replacing a deeper understanding of the core drivers of history.”
“Numerous cases of poor-quality resources being used to teach contested narratives as fact have been identified,” the group continues, noting “For example, one book used in classrooms claims black people built Stonehenge, whilst free resources produced by a subject organisation celebrate the genital mutilation of a slave as a form of ‘gender transition’.”
The research also revealed that some schools have stopped teaching core aspects of British history, including the Battle of Agincourt, which less than one in five schools now cover, and the Battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo, which only 11 per cent include in the curriculum.
Think tank says decolonization has gone too far as schools teach pupils that Stonehenge was built by Black People.
Does Phillipson and Starmer not realise what an embarrassment this country’s turning into?
Plus Waterloo story is being replaced by the gender transition of Slaves pic.twitter.com/nLcoKIgG12
— Make Britain Great Again (@UkandNireland) May 18, 2025
The data revealed that 83 per cent of schools claim to have ‘decolonised’ or ‘diversified’ their history teaching.
British historian Lord Roberts urged “it is vital pupils are taught the history of their own nation in a manner that seeks to do more than simply inculcate shame about our past.”
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Tue, 05/20/2025 – 03:30
