Author - Alan Ereira

Frontiers 2013 • Global Issues

When I first encountered the Kogi

10 years ago

by Alan Ereira

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When I first encountered the Kogi, it was a quite extraordinary surprise. I was trying to research...

Alan Ereira

Alan Ereira is an award-winning British author, historian and documentary filmmaker. After leaving university he went straight into the BBC, producing radio current affairs and history programmes for schools. In 1978 The Battle of the Somme was awarded the bi-annual international Japan Prize for the best educational radio programme. He then moved to television, and in 1989 Armada won the Royal Television Society award for best documentary series. In 1990 he made From The Heart of the World with the Kogi for BBC1. Alan left the BBC in 1996 and established Sunstone Films Ltd, making historical documentaries for television. He has written five history books and one about the Kogi. He is the director of the Tairona Heritage Trust, which has been established for their benefit. The Kogi own, directly and through the Trust, approximately 35% of Aluna The Movie Ltd.