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Seyed     Maalem Simo Lagnawi  
 
Iranian Flag

The story of Seyed, an Iranian asylum seeker. He talks about his fight to survive against torture in his home country and injustice in the UK.

Music from Nick Drake, Radiohead and Johnny Cash.

   

Maalem Simo Lagnawi

The master Gnawa musician from Morocco plays live in the studio.

He takes us through the origins of his music and talks about his new life in the UK.

 
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Refugee Radio Party     Refugee Week 2010  
 
Bakk Lamp Fall

To celebrate the Refugee Radio Party on June 15th at the Volks Club, Brighton, this special show features some of the featured artists: Bakk Lamp Fall and The Cornerstones. With musicians from Senegal, Burundi and Brighton.

   

Refugee Week

All the best from Bandbazi's Refugee Week cabaret. Asylum poetry from Flavi Bumba and awesome Morocaan Gnawa music from Simo Lagnawi.

Includes some special short features prepared for Refugee Week Radio.

 
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Sina     Mohammed  
 
Hichkas

Underground Iranian hiphop is the theme of this edition of our "Asylum Seeker Desert Island Discs" series. Many thanks to our special guest, Sina, who shares this unheard music from his home country.

Features Hichkas & Bahram.

   

Burning Spear

The story of one man's struggle to survive against the odds in the UK. Denied access to healthcare, housing, work or benefits, this is Mohammed from the Gambia.

Features Burning Spear & Pete Tosh.

 
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Amir Afjar     BVIE  
 

Exclusive interview with Iranian pop sensation, Amir Afjar.

Hear preview tracks from the new album, Imagine, a psychedelic Persian hiphop summertime classic for 2010 that will have you dancing in the queue at Tescos.

Keep up to date with Amir at his Facebook page.

   

Learn about the real issues faced by refugees and asylum seekers from the people themselves, rather than stories in the media.

This show features interviews with members of the local community group, Brighton Voices in Exile, plus some classic Zimbabwean tunes. April 2010.

 
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DRConnect     DRConnect LIVE  
 
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Luqman from the All Africa Student Union and Hannah from Hear Afrika tell us about the forthcoming DRConnect concert, sponsored by Refugee Radio.

We talk about current issues in Africa and check out some of the acts including College Boy Mo, Twenty4 and Poetic Pilgrimage.

   

Amazing live sessions from Brighton's premiere Senegalese band Bakk Lamp Fall and London's hiphop star women, Poetic Pilgrimage.

February 2010.

 

 
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DJ Flavi Bumba     Rafiki Records  
 

DJ Flavi Bumba takes us on a personal journey through his selection of the finest Congolese music.

With everything from classic rhumba to modern swede swede, this is a great show that we had a lot of fun making.

 

   

Celia talks to Dicken Marhsall, founder of Rafiki Records.

Rafiki Records is home to some of the most incredible new music from Rwanda. All of their profits go back into the community and they support a fair deal for African artists.

Visit their website: www.rafikirecords.com

 
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Osama     Konkan Cost Challenge  
 
Ghandi Adam

 

Osama is a writer and human rights activist. He reads from his work and shares some amazing classical flute music from Sudan, including Ghandi Adam (pictured).

Read more from Osama at Sudanese Online. 2009.

 

   
Konkan Coast Challenge

Dan Lawson tells us about his daredevil attempt to run 400 miles in 10 days to raise much-needed funds for his Indian charity, the Football Club of Canacona.

Special appeal: Please consider visiting the club's website if you are able to offer support.

 

 
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Be Patient

A film about the singer Mensur A Majied, also known as 'Mensur Munshi', from Harari City in Ethiopia. Documenting his experience and thoughts on establishing a life in Brighton, England.

This film commemorates the closure of the Refugee Mentoring Project in Brighton, 2008. Produced by Martha McAlpine, documentary filmaker and community volunteer.

 
       
           
Alex     rYico  
 

Alex is a homeless refugee from Iran who has to sleep on the streets in Brighton because nobody will help him.

Special appeal: Please get in touch if you can offer Alex any support.

   

Vivenie plays her "desert island discs" from Rwanda and tells us about her work as co-founder of the amazing charity, Rwandan Youth Information Community Organisation (rYico), based in Brighton and Kigali.

 
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Rosemary     Crossing Borders  
 

Celia talks to an Egyptian dancer and biochemist, Rosemary, about Coptic Christian culture and her life in the UK.

Rosemary shares her "desert island discs", including work by the Lebanese diva, Fairuz (pictured).

   

Special Reporton the recent Crossing Borders conference, featuring Dr Frank Arnold from Medical Justice on the healthcare treatment of asylum seekers in UK detention.

 
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Refugees Aloud Part I     Refugees Aloud Part II  
 

DJ Hassie and MC Henzy take over the airwaves in this special broadcast by the young people of Refugees Aloud, a Children's Society project in East London.

Includes tunes from Bobi Wine (Uganda) and Papa Wemba (Congo).

   

Part Two of our incredible broadcast by the young people of Refugees Aloud, telling us about the music that helps them deal with their lives.

Thanks to Gifty, Sophie, Kemi, Pauline, Hornella, Esther, Henry, Hassan, Ivano, Hakim, Paolo and Gershon.

 
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RASP Workshop Part I     RASP Workshop Part II  
 

"Desert Island Discs" from the young asylum seekers and refugees at RASP, a befriending project in Brighton.

Includes music by Necessary Noize (Kenya), Korchach (Eritrea) and Barham Jam (Afghanistan).

 

   

Part Two of the globetrotting selection from the young people at RASP. A brilliantly eclectic range of tunes from Arash and Shaggy to Burning Spear.

Thanks to Ibrahim, Gulmohammad, Sara, Winta, Fev, Rami, Kisanet, Amir, Abdullah and the RASP crew.

 

 
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UNHCR     The Princess of Liverpool  
 

Interview with Peter Kessler, senior spokesperson for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees about the global refugee story and his personal journey as part of the UNHCR.

   

Special Report on the heartbreaking story of Misheel Narantsogt, a Mongolian girl who dreamed of becomming the Princess of Liverpool.

This programme also features the best of Tuvan throat singing music from Mongolia.

 
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RASP     Francis  
 
RASP

Special Report on RASP, the Refugee & Asylum Seeker Project. RASP is a team of befrienders supporting unaccompanied minors in our community. We talk to the project co-ordinator, one of their volunteers and one of the young people involved about everything from racism to penguins.

   

A Zimbabwean living in the UK, Francis tells us what it feels like to be a refugee and plays us some classic mbira and Chimurenga music as part of his "desert island discs".

 

 

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UBUNTU     Medyan  
 
Amnesty International

Special Report on the UBUNTU Commemoration of the August 2004 Gatumba Refugee Camp Massacres, recorded on August 16th 2008 at Amnesty International UK, London.

   

A Palestinian photojournalist, Medyan, talks about his work in the Iraqi refugee camps and in the Turkish mountains.

Visit ImagesLive for photos accompanying this interview.

 
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Mensur I     Mensur II  
 
Mensur

An Ethiopian world-pop maverick with fourteen albums der his belt, Mensur talks exclusively about key issues of the day such as genies, African reggae, Kid Creole and the British meat industry. It's that kind of show.

   

Part Two: An Ethiopian popstar, Mensur, plays a selection of music from his 14 albums live in the studio.

Visit Mensur's Myspace Site for more tracks.

 
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Clarisse     Heval  
 
Francis

A young Burundian student, Clarisse, selects her "desert island discs" and tells us about the search for her lost brother.

   

Featuring a live performance on the tamboura and some Zoroastrian music from our special guest, Heval, a young Kurdish refugee who tells us about life in Syria and life in the UK.

 

 
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Refugee Radio Mixtapes
 
 
These exclusive new compilation albums are available free to download and listen online. Each tune has been handpicked by our resident DJs.
 
 

The Best of 2009 Vol 1-3

Best of 2009

The best new music and timeless classics from indie, world, blues and pop.

 
     
 

The Power of Ballads Vol 1-2

power of ballads

The greatest alternative power-ballads compilation you will ever hear.

Previously exclusive to members of our Facebook group.