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Live @ Komedia 2010

The mighty Refugee Radio Orchestra, Planet Gnawa & Bakk Lamp Fall. <

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Live @ The Bandtstand 2010

The Refugee Radio Orchestra and Planet Gnawa having it on Brighton seafront. <

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Kurdistan 2010- Heval

A Kurdish refugee from Syria, Heval plays traditional folk bazooki live. <

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Kurdistan 2010- C&E Band

The Country and Eastern Band fuse Turkish Kurdish folk music with Nashvlle. <

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Migrant English Project

Guide to languages of the world, by students and teachers of the MEP. <

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Amir

Iranian pop from Refugee Radio Orchestra singer and solo artist, Amir Afjar. <

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Refugee World Cup

Joel Essex reports from the touchline of a unique refugee football event. <

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Maalem Simo Lagnawi

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

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Live @ Volks

Music from Senegal, Burundi and Brighton with Bakk Lamp Fall and The Cornerstones. <

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Refugee Week 2010

Poetry, live music and news from Refugee Week in Brighton, 2010. <

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Amir Afjar

Persian dancepop and rapping from Iranian singer, Amir Afjar. <

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Brighton Voices in Exile

The issues faced by asylum seekers in their own words. <

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Live @ DRCOnnect

Live hip-hop from female muslim rappers, Poetic Pilgrimage and friends. <

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DRConnect

Preview of the 2011 DRC benefit gig with College Boy Mo and Twenty4. <

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Rafiki Records

Celia Turley talks to the Rwandan music label and social enterprise. <

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Konkan Coast Challenge

Dan Lawson's epic 400 mile charity run from Bombay to Goa in 10 days. <

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rYico

We talk to Vivenie, of the Rwandan Youth Information Community Organisation. <

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Crossing Borders

Dr.Frank Arnold (Medical Justice) on the crisis of immigration healthcare. <

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Refugees Aloud I

DJ Hassie and MC Henzy spin Bobi Wine (Uganda) and Papa Wemba (Congo). <

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Refugees Aloud II

Young people of Refugees Aloud, a Children's Society project in East London. <

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RASP I

Necessary Noize (Kenya), Korchach (Eritrea) and Barham Jam (Afghanistan). <

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RASP II

Young people of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Project, Brighton. <

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UNHCR- Peter Kessler

Senior spokesperson for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees. <

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RASP III

From penguins to racism with the volunteers and young refugees of RASP. <

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Gatumba Refugee Camp Massacre

The Ubuntu commemoration at Amnesty International. <

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Compilations & More

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The Best of 2009 I

Indie and postrock classics with Spoon & Cassiontone. Full track listings >> <

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The Best of 2009 II

Electronica, dub & hiphop. Scattergood to Skinnyman. Track listings>> <

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The Best of 2009 III

Sadcore blues and new folk with RL. Burnside & Cat Power. Full track listings>> <

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The Power of Ballads I

Alternative power ballads from Johnny Cash to Radiohead. Track listings>> <

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The Power of Ballads II

Offbeat ballads by Bowie, Blur & Bonnie Prince Billy. Track listings>> <

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Pub Rock

Your guide to the music that paved the way for punk. Dr Feelgood to the Hot Rods. <

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Swans

Interview with Swans frontman Michael Gira. More details>> <

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Community Radio

Hear us on Radio Reverb 97.2FM, RadioFreeBrighton & Resonance104.4FM.
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International Radio

Hear us on Refugee Week Radio, Brighton Festival Radio & Radio1812.

Radio: New Podcasts

We are live every Sunday 8PM on Radio Reverb97.2FM in Brighton, & daily at 7PM on Homely Planet, Northern Ireland. The podcasts below are archives of our "Desert Island Discs"-style interviews with refugees and asylum seekers who are castaway in the UK.

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Oromo Community: Elias

Elias tells us about his journey from the refugee camps on the Ethiopian borderlands, and his work with the Oromo Community in Brighton and Hove. <

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55 mins. 2011. Alternative download: Download Podcast
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Refugee Kitchen: Khoresht Kadu

A race against time to cook a fabulous Iraninan dish for 50 hungry people with the Singing Chef! <

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Refugee Kitchen: Taboulleh

A shopping trip to a Turkish grocers leads to a new discovery. We make Taboulleh with feta cheese in Heval's kitchen. Featuring tracks from Nizamettin Aric's new album. <

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Refugee Kitchen: ForestSoup

We bake bread in a clay oven and make minestrone soup in the Mouslecoomb Forest Garden with the students and volunteers of the Migrant English Project. <

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Kora: Jali Burama Mbye

The Gambian Griot and "Kora King" Jali Burama Mbye plays live in the studio and tells us of his childhood in Africa. <

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Kora: the Harp of Africa

The music of the kora, an African instrument popularised by Toumani Diabate. Featuring Ablaye Cissoko of Senegal and Foday Musa Suso's collaboration with Philip Glass. <

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Zoya Pahn

Refugee Kitchen I

Featuring cookery from the young people at the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Project: Sudanese falafel, Chinese sweet and sour, Kurdish Dolma and chocolate chip cookies. <

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Burma 2011- Zoya Phan

The author of Little Daughter and human rights activist, Zoya Phan talks to Refugee Radio about her life and shares her favourite music from home. <

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Burma 2011- Seng Pan

Burmese Human Rights campaigner, Seng Pan, tells us about her journey to the UK and the persecution of the Kechin people. Featuring the music she brought with her. <

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Burma 2011- Min Htut Oo

Video jounralist Min Htut Oo (Burma VJ) talks about his work with Democratic Voice Burma and the campaign to free imprisoned journalists <

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Burma 2011- Htoo Wah

Htoo Wah (star of the documentary Welcome to Mars) talks of life in the Burmese refugee camps and shares his Desert Island Discs. Special th anks to Burma Campaign UK. <

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Zubair

Justice for Zubair

One man's fight for survival and justice after fleeing Afghanistan to escape death at the hands of the Taliba and the government. Join the campaign: Justice for Zubair >> <

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Radio Mentoring

Radio Mentoring

This programme was made by Jenny Reina and Zubair Gharghast as part of our new mentoring project to help people use radio to tell their stories. <

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Mohamoud

Mohamoud Abdi Jama

Mohamoud left Somaila as a war orphan at 13. A decade later, he is being held in an immigration prison "indefinitely". Hear about his life and the NCADC campaign to free him. <

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Seyed

Seyed

An Iranian asylum seeker 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. <

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55 mins. 2010. Alternative download: Download Podcast
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Sina

Underground Iranian hiphop from our special guest, Sina, who shares this unheard music from his home country and talks of his life as a refugee. Features Hichkas & Bahram. <

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Mohammed

The story of one man's struggle against the odds in the UK without healthcare, housing, work or benefits, this is Mohammed from the Gambia. Features Burning Spear & Pete Tosh. <

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DJ Flavi Bumba

DJ Flavi Bumba

Flavi Bumba takes us on a personal journey through the finest Congolese music, from classic rhumba to modern swede swede. Recorded through our media training project. <

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Osama

Sudanese Online writer and human rights activist, Osama, reads from his work and shares some classical flute music from Sudan, including the amazing Ghandi Adam. <

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55 mins. 2009. Alternative download: Download Podcast
Alex

Alex

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

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Fairuz

Rosemary

Celia Turley talks to an Egyptian dancer and biochemist, Rosemary, about Coptic Christian culture and life in the UK. Her "desert island discs", include the Lebanese diva, Fairuz. <

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Misheel

The Princess of Liverpool

The heartbreaking story of Misheel, a Mongolian girl who dreamed of becomming the Princess of Liverpool. Also features Tuvan throat-singing music from Mongolia. <

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Francis

Francis

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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55 mins. 2008. Alternative download: Download Podcast
(C) Images Live

Medyan

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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55 mins. 2008. Alternative download: Download Podcast
MensurI

Mensur I

An Ethiopian world-pop maverick with 14 albums under his belt, Mensur talks about genies, African reggae, Kid Creole and the British meat industry. It's that kind of show. <

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55 mins. 2008. Alternative download: Download Podcast
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Mensur II

Part Two: An Ethiopian popstar in exile, 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

Clarisse

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

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Heval

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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