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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?
2 mins24 May 2021
Jen and Gayle
How close is each of our lives to the legacy of British slavery?
29 mins28 May 2021
Malik and Mark
Two men's lives connect through their links to a British slave owner and an abolitionist
28 mins04 Jun 2021
Marlon and Valerie
Two people whose lives today connect through Britain's role in the history of carnival.
29 mins11 Jun 2021
Marcus, Rev Alison, and Ruth
Three people whose lives today are all connected to one British slave owning family
29 mins18 Jun 2021
James Cleverly MP and Deadria Farmer-Paellmann
A British MP and an American activist are connected through the same tribe in Sierra Leone
29 mins25 Jun 2021
Chidi, Than and The Bolton School
From Nigeria, to the Belgian Congo, to Bolton.
29 mins02 Jul 2021
Richard, Alasdair, and Jen
A man whose predecessor paid for the Colston statue and a man who dumped it in the harbour
28 mins09 Jul 2021