In this episode we share some of our favourite unheard clips from the brilliant interviews we recorded in 2021 for Respect Due. Listen in to hear the actor, writer and activist Lucy Sheen; trailblazing cultural leader Ranjit Sondhi; writer and activist Stella Dadzie; actor and comedian Judith Jacob; DJ and broadcaster DJ Ritu; and leadership expert Hilary Carty. Full interviews with all the guests included in this episode can be found in the podcast feed.

This episode is presented by Samenua Sesher and produced by Stella Sabin. It is a production for the Museum of Colour www.museumofcolour.org.uk

The music in this series is by Soweto Kinch.

Respect Due has been funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Museum of Colour is supported by People’s Palace Projects, in the Queen Mary University of London Drama Department.

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Samenua Sesher speaks with the incomparable Lucy Sheen.

Lucy is an actor in film, TV and theatre. Her first major professional acting role was the lead in the groundbreaking British feature film Ping Pong (1986), directed by Po-Chih Leong. She has performed in some of the UK’s most prestigious theatres: the National, the RSC and the Bristol Old Vic, to name but a few. She is also a writer and activist, campaigning for better representation of British East and South East Asian people in the creative industries. Lucy was born in Hong Kong but was brought to the UK in the 1960s as part of the ‘Hong Kong Project’ - the first official programme of transracial adoption. She continues to advocate for adoptee rights today.

Lucy Sheen was nominated by BESEA.N https://www.besean.co.uk/. BESEA.N is a grassroots movement, created to shine a light on Britain's East and South East Asians.

This episode is presented by Samenua Sesher and produced by Stella Sabin. It is a production for the Museum of Colour www.museumofcolour.org.uk

The music in this series is by Soweto Kinch.

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In this episode, we will be discussing the incredible contributions of Hallam Ifill, the leader of Rainbow Steel Band, one of the longest-running steel pan bands in the country, based in Hallam’s home town of Bath. Sadly, Hallam couldn’t be with us but we are delighted to be joined by Pauline Swaby-Wallace, manager of Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizen Association (BEMSCA), and Shawn Sobers, associate Professor of Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice at the University of the West of England and trustee of Fairfield House, to discuss Hallam’s huge impact on the community in Bath.

Hallam Ifill was nominated by the trustees of Fairfield House. Pauline Swaby writes: ‘Hallam is the oldest black person we know to have come to Bath in the early 1950s. He and his wife Ursuline built a community that many call home. He is the founding member of Rainbow Steel Band, the oldest in the UK, which is recognised worldwide.’

Fairfield House was the residence of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, during the five years he spent in exile. He donated it to the city of Bath in 1958 as a residence for the elderly in gratitude for the warm welcome he had received.

This episode is presented by Samenua Sesher and produced by Stella Sabin. It is a production for the Museum of Colour www.museumofcolour.org.uk

The music in this series is by Soweto Kinch.

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