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Songs of the Migrant Worker

Posted on by cynsy67zxo
Hannah Lowe, writer, author, poet, academic, mentor, UK, The Woman in the Chinese Collar, Old Friends, Rock, Bird, Butterfly, The Kids

Dash Arts have just realeased this podcastof myself, Zerritha Brown and two Turkish artists, Imran Ayata and Bulent Kullukcu, discussing/comparing the Windrush experience and that of ‘Gastarbeiter’ (German-Turkish migrant community). Listen out for the Gastarbeiter music, song lamenting the migrant experience n Germany, and Zerritha Brown talking about the lineage of reggae music from Jamaica to Britain. Recorded at Rich Mix last year @DASH_ARTS