'I switched off when Michael Palin said he was uncomfortable to be British': Historian ZAREER MASANI slams Python star's Channel 5 Nigeria show for 'totally incorrect' claim that Britain led slave trade and for 'ignoring' its role in abolishing slavery

I've admired Michael Palin for half a century, so it was with some sadness that I switched off halfway through Channel 5 's new series of Palin in Nigeria, writes ZAREER MASANI.

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