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Descendants

Descendants looks into our lives and our pasts and asks how we are connected to slavery. And, in turn, who does that mean our lives are connected to?

Radio 4,8 episodes

Episodes

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Welcome to Descendants
How close is each of our lives to the legacy of British slavery?
24 May 2021,2 mins
Jen and Gayle
How close is each of our lives to the legacy of British slavery?
28 May 2021,29 mins
Malik and Mark
Two men's lives connect through their links to a British slave owner and an abolitionist
04 Jun 2021,28 mins
Marlon and Valerie
Two people whose lives today connect through Britain's role in the history of carnival.
11 Jun 2021,29 mins
Marcus, Rev Alison, and Ruth
Three people whose lives today are all connected to one British slave owning family
18 Jun 2021,29 mins
James Cleverly MP and Deadria Farmer-Paellmann
A British MP and an American activist are connected through the same tribe in Sierra Leone
25 Jun 2021,29 mins
Chidi, Than and The Bolton School
From Nigeria, to the Belgian Congo, to Bolton.
02 Jul 2021,29 mins
Richard, Alasdair, and Jen
A man whose predecessor paid for the Colston statue and a man who dumped it in the harbour
09 Jul 2021,28 mins