‘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...
If you remember last week, I talked to Nalougo, one of the members of ‘Write to Life’ – the creative writing and performance group of Freedom from Torture (established in 1997, the longest-running refugee-writing group in Britain, and the only one specifically for survivors of torture.) And this week, I’m delighted to bring you another member of the Write To Life group – Tanya. ...
This week I’m delighted to talk to Nalougo, a member of a creative writing and performance group with Freedom From Torture. ‘Write To Life’ is the longest-running refugee-writing group in the UK, and the only one specifically for survivors of torture. They’ve collaborated with many galleries and museums, have produced zines, and have created several projects including one called the...
I'm Not A Racist, But I know you are simply asking why so many people want to come here. To take your jobs, your houses, when you have given so much to them. A penny every Sunday in church at the corner. Shop in the Trocaire box with the black baby. Them a penny gold for you in return. Keep digging diamonds.I keep a penny for you. Sweet sugar. A penny. Coffee to another penny. So you are not a...
Felicia Olusanya aka FELISPEAKS, is a Nigerian-Irish poet, performer and playwright from Co. Longford who’s currently featured on the Leaving Cert English Curriculum with their poem ‘For Our Mothers’. They’re a member of WeAreGriot, a poetry collective consisting of herself, Dagogo Hart & Samuel Yakura (who we talked to in the last episode) and a board member of Poetry Ireland...
Samuel Yakura is a Nigerian born writer, poet and performing artist living in Ireland. He’s a multiple-time Slam Champion both in Nigeria and in Ireland, winning Slam competitions like ALS, OxFam, and Talkatives. He’s a member with the WeareGriot Poetry Collective who run regular poetry/rap and hip hop events in Dublin. He’s also done commissioned works for the likes of Summer in...
Welcome back to this new season of WANDER with even more fantastic writers! I’ll also be switching it up a bit in some of the episodes this time. Some of the guests wrote specially commissioned pieces on the theme of WANDER. There was no stipulations as to style or length – just whatever the word WANDER conjured up for them. And you’ll hear it’s a very varied and individual response...