This week’s selection comes from Holly Gilbert, Cataloguer of Digital Multimedia Collections. Mother and daughter, Jan and Ama, talk about why they both have dreadlocks. This is the first time they have told each other their reasons for choosing to wear their hair in this way and their motivations are… read more
This week’s selection comes from Stephen Cleary, Lead Curator of Literary & Creative Recordings. Polish poet and writer Wioletta Greg has attracted critical praise for her coming-of-age tale Swallowing Mercury, which was published in January this year by Portobello Books. For this week’s ‘Recording of the Week’ we offer a… read more
This week’s selection comes from Dr Janet Topp Fargion, Lead Curator of World and Traditional Music. This is an ‘ondjongo’ song sung by a group of Himba women, recorded in 1998 by French ethnomusicologist Emmanuelle Olivier (BL reference C1709). The recording was made within the French-Namibian project "Living Music and… read more
This week’s selection comes from Jonnie Robinson, Lead Curator of Spoken English. This short exchange during a conversation between two young females talking about life and relationships offers a fascinating glimpse into how our linguistic choices reflect our identity. One of the speakers, a British Muslim, uses the phrase bringing… read more
This week’s selection comes from Cheryl Tipp, Curator of Wildlife and Environmental Sounds. Coming face to face with a wild orangutan is something most nature lovers can only dream about. In this evocative interview extract, wildlife sound recordist John Paterson vividly describes a chance encounter with a curious female in… read more