Platforma Festival 2011 – interviews

The 2011 Platforma Festival took place in East London in November-December 2011. Check out the Platforma website for details and to read the report.

You can also hear interviews with some of the artists and contributors here – they are available for downloading and can be used in a non-commercial way.

SOAS Radio – Rita’s World – special programme for Refugee Week

Check out this programme from SOAS Radio. Rita Ray, one of the organisers of the Celebrating Sanctuary festival which took place in London last Sunday, presents a Refugee Week special edition of her radio show Rita’s World.

It’s one hour in length and is available for broadcasting on other community radio stations (in a non-profit way, crediting SOAS Radio).

~ Click here for more information and for the link to the audio.

Please let us know if you broadcast this programme on air, thank you.

Interviews from SOAS Radio

Reporters from SOAS Radio were at the Celebrating Sanctuary festival in London last Sunday, where they recorded 21 mini interviews with some of the participants.

These are available for radio stations to use free of charge in a non-profit way, crediting SOAS Radio.

The interviewees include
~ Donna Covey, CEO Refugee Council UK
~ Camilla Jelbart, Campaigns and Communications Manager at Freedom from Torture
as well as a number of musicians who performed at Celebrating Sanctuary including:
~ Krar Collective, Ethiopian band
~ Kerieva, a contemporary Romani musician and activist
~ Woven Gold, a choir made up of refugees of all ages
~ Danto Aya, an up and coming Tuareg musician
and many more.

Click here for more information and for links to all the interviews.
Do please let us know if you use any of them on air.

Camden Community Radio – What’s On Refugee Week edition

Members of Camden Community Radio produce a weekly What’s On podcast which can be heard via their website.

Click on the link below for the What’s On for week beginning 20th June, with information on Refugee Week events in Camden and the North London area.

~ Camden Community Radio What’s On – week beginning 20th June (MP3 – 7′ 09″)

Asylum Dialogues – recorded by BCB Radio in Bradford

Asylum Dialogues is a play developed by iceandfire theatre company from interviews with people seeking asylum in the UK. It reflects the relationships between those seeking asylum and the friends they make.

The play was recorded and produced at the studios of BCB Radio in Bradford for Refugee Week 2011. It is now available from the BCB Radio website to download and broadcast by other radio stations. The production is supported by the Health Creation Bradford Project.

Please let us know (and BCB Radio, of course) if you use the play on air. Also, do tell us if you are doing any similar recordings which will be broadcast during Refugee Week or which will be available for other stations to share.