大象传媒 World Service - Witness History, 2019: Ten memorable moments captured by Witness History

2019: Ten memorable moments captured by Witness History

From the birth of communist China to an African boy in the Arctic, a president accused of sexual abuse, strikers in saris, and the world's longest horse race...we have chosen some of the year's most memorable moments told by Witness History.

The world鈥檚 longest horse race

In 2009 the first ever Mongol Derby was raced across the Mongolian Steppe.
The Arctic African

An African boy's remarkable odyssey to live in the Arctic in the 1960s
The black ballet pioneers

The Dance Theatre of Harlem launched in 1969
Strikers in Saris

South Asian women lead a strike against working conditions in a British factory.
Speaking out against my abuser

How Nicaragua's president Daniel Ortega was accused of sexual abuse by his step-daughter
How Britain tried to cure the Common Cold

Thousands went to catch a cold during a holiday at the Common Cold Unit
Fighting the Islamic State group online

How one historian living in Mosul took on the Islamic State group online.
Kindertransport: a fantastic act of love

How thousands of unaccompanied children were sent to safety from Nazi Europe
Tunisia鈥檚 revolutionary women鈥檚 rights law

Newly independent Tunisia introduced a set of laws which revolutionised women's lives.
The day China became communist

In 1949 Chairman Mao Zedong announced the creation of the People鈥檚 Republic of China