Child Migrant Voices
Child Migrant Stories
25 June | Time: 19:00 | Venue: Soft Ground
ABOUT THE SHOW
Child Migrant Voices: An evening of films, readings, music and discussion
Almost half the displaced people today are under 18 yet their voices are rarely heard. Watch short films The House That is Not There about the return of a child soldier, Henry Bran to El Salvador, and Ugwumpiti about Maurice Nwokeji who survived bombs and hunger in the Biafra War, Nigeria. Hear about Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain - Oral Histories 1930s - Present Day from author Eithne Nightingale and listen to readings by Fatim Nikoulare who fled Guinea to escape FGM and forced marriage and Maurice who will also perform reggae music inspired by his experience of war.
Followed by discussion, refreshments and book signings.
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Eithne Nightingale is the author of Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain - Oral Histories 1930s - Present Day published by Bloomsbury February 2024. She is co-founder with Mitchell Harris of Child Migrant Stories co-produced with those with lived experience of child migration. She has extensive experience of working with migrant communities and on equality issues in the education and arts sector. She is also a writer of travel, memoir and fiction, a photographer and filmmaker. See eithnenightingale.com.
Maurice Nwokeji survived bombs and hunger in the war in Biafra before joining his parents in Hackney, aged nine, in 1970. He co-produced the film Ugwumpiti based on his childhood experience of the Biafra war in Nigeria and coming to the UK as a nine-year-old. He is now a reggae musician and will perform music inspired by his childhood experiences of war.
Fatim Nikoulare arrived on her own in Hackney from Guinea in 2006 at the age of 16 speaking no English. After many challenges accessing housing, education and a right to stay she is now a British citizen and works as a theatre nurse on the south coast. -
Child Migrant Stories is a virtual and actual space to explore the lived experiences of child migrants who migrated to the UK, under the age of 18, from 1930 to the present day. This includes a website, films and public programme of events, developed in collaboration with those with lived experience of child migration, some of whom are artists, musicians, and filmmakers.
EVENT INFO
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£8 | £6 | £2
For more information about our ticketing approach, please visit: https://www.migrationmattersfestival.co.uk/festivalpasses
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Doors Open: 19:00
Running Time: 19:00 - 21:00 -
Soft Ground is wheelchair accessible.
The building has an accessible toilet and lift access. -
All ages
Content Warning: One film on the Biafran war does include some violence that very young children might find distressing but children above 7 have enjoyed the film.
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Migration Matters Festival
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