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Musicians of the brand new oratorio, Lig van Waarheid, composed by South African composer, Franco Prinsloo talk about their experience bringing this brand new Christmas Oratorio to life.

The Indian indenture system was a form of debt bondage, by which 2 million Indians called coolies were transported to various colonies of European powers to provide labour for the (mainly sugar) plantations. It started from the end of slavery in 1833 and continued until 1920. 

… but they were often ignorant of the places they agreed to go to or the challenges they were going to face. 

In 1838, with the abolition of slavery at its onset, the British were in the process of transporting a million Indians out of India and into the Caribbean to take the place of the recently freed Africans (freed in 1833) in indentureship. India’s population provided the British Empire with a ready source of cheap and mobile labourers.
Many Indians agreed to indenture which increased dramatically after the abolition of slavery in 1834. They were sent, sometimes in large numbers, to plantation colonies producing high value crops such as sugar in Africa and the Caribbean. 

Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project will enable all residents of our city to understand the journey from arrival to citizenship. 

This wonderful City has been a changing place long before The Mayflower sailed, it has welcomed and absorbed new people and families, changing its DNA in the process, becoming an international City, a fusion of faces, faiths, cultures and businesses that overlap in our every day experience. 
Culminating in an exhibition in Sea City Museum and a new archive collection in the City Archives, The Journey will create a series of radio programmes and podcasts, and social media, with contributors from many of the communities in the city, to tell the actual story of who these people were and who they have become, record the Testimonies (Oral histories) of those who left their home behind and became the parents and grand-parents of new generations of Saints fans. At the centre of this will be volunteers trained and given the skills to do this work.

The Journey (A Changing Southampton). Despite the fact that the history of people from the Indian Sub-continent is part of British because India was a vital part of the British Empire. The economic wealth it provided being as important as the Industrial Revolution. Despite its importance generally far too little is known about the experience of the people who are now Southampton citizens but who came from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh.   Slavery in what we now know as South Africa began soon after Jan van Riebeeck set up a Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to supply provisions to Dutch ships plying trade routes to and from India and the East Indies, people from India were taken to the Cape and sold into slavery to do domestic work for the settlers, as well the dirty and hard work on the farms.

 Adversity has a strange way of awakening our resilient spirit, giving us the ability to turn some of worst tragedies into triumphs, my guests Arabile Gumede joins me to talk about his journey into financial journalism, the challenges of growing up in a single parent home  and we highlight the importance of surrounding yourself with the right environment and people to help you elevate and advance in life. We also discuss the quality of  our friendships, being a good friend and becoming better at knowing, supporting and encouraging people in our circle in their craft, business or whatever it is they may need in life. Then we close off by questioning  how men view money as a status symbol and some key lessons in balancing a highly public job with day to day life pressures.   

ArabileG is a financial journalist with a career glowing from remarkable feats and interrogative work. The world of money, markets, finance and economics are where he has garnered a lot of his reputation as a leading commentator, reporter, anchor and writer. ArabileG is also a firm believer and advocate for financial literacy, leading the path in education small business owners, students and entrepreneurs alike, in getting the best out of the country’s economic standing.

Our workshop offers a safe, understanding and healing space whether you are mourning the loss of loved ones, career opportunities, personal or deeply held beliefs.
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Visual artist, actor and word artist Stephanie Gericke (Nana Maria) in conversation with Chatter Vox about her recent collaboration with Vox Chamber Choir. Stephanie created the new album art for Franco Prinsloo and Vox Chamber Choir's release, Bly By My. A setting of the famous poem by South African poet, Antjie Krog. 

Guest: Artist, Stephanie Gericke
Visual art: Stephanie Gericke
Featured poem: Bly By My by Antjie Krog
Music composed by Franco Prinsloo
Performed by Vox Chamber Choir

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Chapters 

00:00 Intro Music 

00:18 Guest Intro 

00:30 First guest in Africa 

01:39 South African resilience 

03:39 South African diversity 

05:17 What is Afrikaans?

 6:06 Brief overview of Xhosa 

07:43 Being Multilingual and Multicultural from Birth is an Advantage 

09:10 Legacy of apartheid 

12:07 Why you should abandon the 'me first' mindset 

16:08 Stay local to help the next generation

 18:51 Stoicism in modern times 

22:47 Why we need long AND short-form content 

26:20 How to contact Andile 

29:18 How to contact Clever Hybrids

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