‘The experiences and ideas of people forced to flee from their homes are often left out of the global conversation on migration but documentaries like The Hungry Road provide us opportunities to listen to them. The more we listen, perhaps the greater will be our capacity to think of refugees, as the ‘vanguard of their peoples’[ rather than bodies on beaches. For those in The Hungry Road, all they are asking for today is to start again.’
Καλωσόρισμα, Marhaben, salam, bienvennu, bemvindo, to the Gekko podcast. Created in collaboration with Hend, Hannah, Pedro, Alhamma, Nara, Maria and Amir during a series of podcasting workshops at Gekko School, Better Days, Athens, this piece visits Saffron Kitchen Project. pic by: Hadley Jackson ‘So the purpose of the project is not only to provide food but to use food as a tool for people to...
Tumaini (‘hope’ in Swahili) Festival is a unique refugee-led celebration of music, culture and solidarity in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi. Founded by Tresor Mpauni, who lived in the camp after being forced to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo, it uses arts and culture to build connections between refugees and the host community in Malawi. Beanca pic: courtesy of Tumaini Festival LISTEN on...
An exploration of Jewish Irish history and culture – from Deli 613, to the Irish Jewish Museum: historians, musicians and Jewish groups and individuals share different aspects of modern Jewish culture in Ireland. ‘Jews have been here since the time of the Normans. Jews are not strangers here, but they remain to be othered in a lot of ways. And that, to me, is very interesting. Why, after a...
\ \ ATHENS / / Created by participants during podcast workshops at the One Happy Family community centre, Athens – this piece on the theme of compassion. In English and Farsi.
2022 saw the start of a groundbreaking regularisation scheme for thousands of people who’ve been living and working in Ireland for many years without papers. It came after ten years of campaigning by migrant communities working with the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) in the ‘Justice for Undocumented’ campaign. ‘We know the life – it wasn’t easy,’ said Irene Jagoba. ‘We’re hoping...
Silence Would Be Treason are the last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa from prison in Nigeria to an Irish nun in the run up to his execution in November 1995. Smuggled out of prison in bread baskets, they are the final testament of a man who gave everything he had in the struggle for social and ecological justice. As Ken Saro-Wiwa continues to inspire people and movements across decades and continents...
