British Subjects

British Subjects

By Anna Rose KerrHistory
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British Subjects episodes

  • 12/52 Ghana – Quobna Ottobah Cugoano
    Quobina Ottobah Cugoano, who was also known as John Stuart, was born around 1757 in what is now Ajumako, Ghana. His book Thoughts And Sentiments On The Evil & Wicked Traffic Of The Slavery forms the basis of this episode. Full show notes at britishsubjects.annaro.se
    15 min
  • 11/52 Tuvalu – Suliana Lopati Barber
    Suliana is mother to three and "Island Mum" to many more. Her house in Alton has become a second home for many of her children's Palangi (British) friends, who come in and out as they please, eating the food and learning about Tuvaluan culture by osmosis. You can read the full show notes for this episode at BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se
    15 min
  • 10/52 Cameroon – Eliza Anyangwe
    Eliza Anyangwe was born in Cameroon, raised all over sub-Saharan Africa and now lives in London where she runs The Nzinga Effect. You can read the full show notes for this episode at BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se
    18 min
  • 09/52 St Lucia – Unknown Prisoner
    Researcher Abigail Coppins explains all that we do know about the 2,500 black prisoners of war who were captured in St Lucia and imprisoned at Portchester Castle. Full show notes at BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se
    13 min
  • 08/52 Guyana – Jessica Huntley
    On 23rd of February 1927 (164 years to the day since the Berbice Slave Uprising) a new revolutionary is born in Guyana, Jessica Huntley. In this episode I speak to her friend Maureen Roberts at the LMA about her life and work in the UK. Full show notes are at BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se
    14 min
  • 07/52 Canada – Alma Rattenbury
    Alma Rattenbury (nee Packenham, nee Dolling, nee Radcliffe Clarke) was a talented musician from Canada, whose love of men led to her ultimate demise. Her story is full of love and passion, but has a very traumatic ending, you've been warned. Full show notes are available at BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se
    13 min
  • 06/52 Fiji – Naibuka Qarau
    In 1960 Her Majesty’s Armed Forces recruited 212 soilders from Fiji, Naibuka Qarau was one of them. In this episode we learn how he’s made a home in Hackney, and completed the circle of early Methodist missionaries who travelled to the South Pacfic. Full show notes for this episode are at BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se.
    20 min
  • 05/52 Kiribati – Rotee Walsh
    Somewhere in rural Wales you'll find the Kiribati "embassy", and there you'll find Rotee Walsh. In this episode we learn about her life, and how she's raised her family with an appreciation of both cultures. Read the full show notes at BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se
    14 min
  • 04/52 Australia – Alice Procter
    Alice Procter is an art historian who immigrated from Australia, she runs Uncomfortable Art Tours in major British museums examining how we "curate historical trauma and national identity". To read the full show notes for this episode please visit BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se
    22 min
  • 03/52 Nigeria – Adeyemi Michael
    In this episode we meet Nigerian-born immigrant Adeyemi Michael, the artist behind the iconic image of a woman riding a horse through Peckham. To read the full show notes for this episode please visit BritishSubjects.AnnaRo.se
    15 min

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A podcast telling the stories of 52 immigrants from Commonwealth countries.