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Dr Janina Ramirez on the women behind our myths, and Dr Larissa Fuhrmann on Sudan Retold.

Cerys Matthews talks to Dr Janina Ramirez about her new book on the women behind our myths, and one of the curators of the Sudan Retold exhibition, Dr Larissa Fuhrmann.

Cerys Matthews talks to Dr Janina Ramirez about her new book, which tells the stories of the real women behind European national myths.

She also hears from one of the curators of the Sudan Retold exhibition, Dr Larissa Fuhrmann, which explores how artistic and cultural production can offer new ways of understanding Sudan.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Charoula Lampraki & Ta paidia ap'tin Patra

    Na 'Heis Hari Pou Se Agapo - To Marazi

    • Melody Maker.
  • Paul Desmond

    Take Ten

    • Take Ten.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 1.
  • Brìghde Chaimbeul

    Kindle the Fire

    • tak:til.
  • Brìghde Chaimbeul

    Bog an Lochan

    • tak:til / Brìghde Chaimbeul.
  • Big Boss Man

    Triumph Of The Olympian

    • Full English Beat Breakfast.
    • Blow Up Records Ltd.
    • 1.
  • Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko

    Special Rider Blues (Radio 2 Session, 5 May 2025)

  • Brigitte Fontaine

    Il Pleut

  • Dog Unit

    Concrete Barges on the Banks of the Thames

    • Brace Yourself Records.
  • Sharhabil Ahmed

    Argos Farfish

    • HABIBI Funk Records.
  • The Stone Roses

    Waterfall

    • The Stone Roses.
    • Silvertone.
    • 3.
  • The Stone Roses

    She Bangs The Drums

    • The Very Best Of The Stone Roses.
    • Silvertone.
  • Gwenno

    Hireth (QUINQUIS Remix)

    Remix Artist: QUINQUIS.
    • Utopia.
    • Heavenly Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Jimmy Cliff

    Many Rivers To Cross

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Jimmy Cliff

    The Harder They Come

    • The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Sountrack / Expanded Edition).
    • Island Records.
    • 6.
  • Gus Viseur

    Flambée montalbanaise

    • Les Inoubliables De L'accordéon.
    • Collective.
    • 9.
  • Michel Fugain & Le Big Bazar

    Une belle histoire

    • Fais comme l'oiseau.
    • BMG Rights Mgmt France SARL.
    • 5.
  • Princess Nokia

    Blue Velvet

    • Artist House.
  • St. Vincent

    Pay Your Way In Pain

    • Loma Vista Recordings.
  • Augustus Pablo

    Pablo's Theme Song

    • Original Rockers.
    • VP Records.
    • 4.
  • Pat Metheny

    Bright Size Life

    • Bright Size Life.
    • ECM Records.
    • 1.
  • Fergus McCreadie

    Ptarmigan

    • The Shieling.
    • Edition Records.
    • 9.
  • Nubiyan Twist

    Azimuth

    • Chasing Shadows.
    • Strut.
  • Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear

    you're gonna be okay

    • Anjunachill.
  • Ana Moura

    Fado Dançado

    • Moura.
    • Universal Music Portugal SA.
    • 2.
  • Kamal Keila

    Sudan in the heart of Africa

    • Rights'Up.
  • Nancy Ajaj

    Ya Zaman (Oh time)

    • Nancy Ajaj (Nancy Agag).
  • Esaam Satti & Iman Al-Sharif

    Melina

    • Essam Satti.
  • DARGZ & Nadine El Roubi

    Good Mood

    • Friends & Family.
    • Studio DARGZ.
  • Jamie Woon

    When

    • Also Can.
  • Brother Wallace

    Who's That?

    • ATO / PIAS.
  • Earl Grant

    Sweet Sixteen Bars

    • Solid Soul, Volume 2.
    • MVE.
    • 16.
  • Heidi Talbot

    Grace

    • Heidi Talbot.
  • Seamus Fogarty

    I Passed Your House

  • Michel Fugain

    La Fête

    • Nostalgie les plus grandes chansons françaises.
    • Universal Music Distribution Deal.
    • 11.
  • Ignacio Carrillo "Mazacote"

    Lágrimas Negras

    • De Profesión... Sonero.
    • Envidia.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Nov 202510:00