Undersong - Race and Conversations Other-wise Undersong - Race and Conversations Other-wise

This episode of Undersong sheds light on recent research into the historical links between the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Dr Shaira Vadasaria speaks to researcher Dr Simon Buck and Co-Chair of the NHS Lothian Independent Advisory Group, Christine Maitland-Francis, to learn more about the findings of the research and their recommendations for how to acknowledge and address the NHS’s history of racism and inequality.

In this episode, Shaira Vadasaria is in conversation with three members of Research and Engagement Working Group (REWG)on their work engaging with the University of Edinburgh's historical links to African enslavement and colonialism as well as their racial legacies today. Together with Dr. Nicki Frith, Zaki El-Salahi, and Dr Tommy Curry, this first of two parts introduces the project, its scope and community engagement efforts. The REWG emerged out of a collaboration between the International Network of Scholars and Activists for Afrikan Reparations (INOSAAR) and the Pan-Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe (PARCOE).
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The title music of this podcast is "Origin Funk" by Ketsa, provided under the Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

In this second episode on reparative justice claims at the University of Edinburgh, Shaira Vadasaria is in conversation with Esther Stanford Xosei and Samantha Likonde. Samantha and Esther are two community members who have been driving the work of the Research and Engagement Working Group (REWG) at the University of Edinburgh from a community level. Both have previously involved in advocacy campaigns around reparations within and beyond the university. Together with Shaira Vadasaria, they discuss the complex dynamics between community and institutional demands in addressing the legacy of chattel enslavement.

The REWG emerged out of a collaboration between the International Network of Scholars and Activists for Afrikan Reparations (INOSAAR) and the Pan-Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe (PARCOE).
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The title music of this podcast is "Origin Funk" by Ketsa, provided under the Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

This episode of Undersong brings you an intimate conversation about the different projects, visions, and rhythms that shape Black Feminism(s). Over tea, Dr Katucha Bento, layla-roxanne hill, and Dr Francesca Sobande share experiences from their activism and art, and the ways in which care and presence inform their relations to Black feminism(s).
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Guest's bios:

layla-roxanne hill is a writer, curator and organiser, living in Scotland. Her/their work focuses on anti-colonial cultural contributions + the way our conditions move us to act. She/they is also active in the trade union movement, holding elected positions within the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Scottish TUC (STUC).

Dr. Francesca Sobande is a senior lecturer, researcher, and writer who explores the power and politics of media and the marketplace. Her work focuses on digital remix culture, Black diaspora and archives, feminism, creative work, pop culture, branding and crises, and devolved nations.

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The title music of this podcast is "Origin Funk" by Ketsa, provided under the Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

In this follow-up episode with the Sudanese Community in Edinburgh, Zaki El-Salahi speaks to Rachel Hosker, University of Edinburgh Archivist and Collections Manager, about their visit to the Edinburgh archives, the history of Sudan within the archives, and the colonial politics of cultural heritage ownership.

After their conversation, Zaki reflects with two other members of the Sudanese community, who have chosen not to be named, about their visit to the University of Edinburgh's Anatomical Museum's 'collection of African skulls.' Two of the skulls on display were stolen during the Battle of Omdurman, one episode during the British colonial conquest of Sudan.

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The Sudanese Community in Edinburgh can be contacted via: www.facebook.com/TSCIE
www.sudanesedinburgh.org
Instagram: @sdcomedi

Zaki El Salahi can be followed on:
Twitter: @zakielsalahi
www.researchgate.net/profile/Zaki-El-Salahi
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zaki-el-salahi-5595381b7

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The title music of this podcast is "Origin Funk" by Ketsa, provided under the Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

In this first of two parts, Undersong enters into conversation with two members of the Sudanese Community in Edinburgh: Zaki El-Salahi and Ahmed Musa. Together, they reflect on what it takes and what it means to build community in the diaspora and offer insights into their political and artistic interventions in the spaces and events (such as two Sudanese revolutions) that connect Scotland and Sudan.
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The Sudanese Community in Edinburgh can be contacted via: https://www.facebook.com/TSCIE
www.sudanesedinburgh.org
Instagram: @sdcomedi

Ahmad Musa aka Ahmelody's music can be found:
Spotify: Ahmelody
Instagram: @ahmelody249

Zaki El Salahi can be followed on:
Twitter: @zakielsalahi
www.researchgate.net/profile/Zaki-El-Salahi
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaki-el-salahi-5595381b7

Zaki El-Salahi's poem 'The X in the Saltir' presented at the end of this episode, can be listened to again here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-336255488/the-x-in-the-saltire?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

*** Disclaimer: language used in this episode might be offensive to some***

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The title music of this podcast is "Origin Funk" by Ketsa, provided under the Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/