My own experience in this country, as a writing historian drawn occasionally into teaching or at any rate lecturing, is that African studies have so far failed to make any significant mark, or indeed any mark at all, on the general run of teaching and of syllabus in post-primary schools (and, of course, clearly none at all in primary schools). There are some exceptions in so-called multi-ethnic schools in London (and occasionally in other large cities) where a devoted though very small band of teachers - initially led by the late and much lamented Ken Forge - did succeed in the early 1970s in introducing and persevering with what were generally known as “Black Studies”; however, such exceptions were few indeed.

I am not sure how far such “courses” still exist, but the general position has certainly improved in ofle important respect, though again of very limited range.