homelands

Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets.

 In this edition we speak with poet Eric Ngalle Charles. Eric Ngalle Charles was born in the west African state of Cameroon, a country rich in mythology and natural beauty, but with a troubled colonial history. Arriving in Wales as a near-penniless migrant, after being trafficked to Russia by a criminal gang, he has remade his life as a poet/writer, and dazzling performer of his own work. In this conversation we chat to him about his debut poetry collection Homelands.

 The podcast is presented by Rhian Edwards  

The interviewer is Chris Gregory  

Recordings, production, sound design and editing are by Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories 

Recordings of Rhian Edwards are by Sarah Johnson 

 This conversation was recorded on location at the Seren office in Bridgend.

You can follow Eric on Twitter @yomadene https://twitter.com/yomadene

 Other books by Eric Ngalle Charles:

‘I, Eric Ngalle’ (Parthian Books) https://www.parthianbooks.com/products/i-eric-ngalle-a-migrant

‘The 3 Molas’ (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch) https://www.waterstones.com/book/3-molas-the/mike-jenkins/eric-ngalle-charles/9781845277512

‘Hiraeth Erzolirzoli: A Wales – Cameroon Anthology’ (Hafan Books) https://hafanbooks.org/2020/09/23/bestsellers/

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Please join us next week for the last conversation in our first series. We’ll be talking to Kim Moore, about her Forward Prize shortlisted collection All The Men I Never Married, which will be released on Thursday 1st December. Subscribe in your favourite podcast app to have all future editions delivered to your podcast feed the moment they are released.  

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This week, we thought we would dig through our parent's old stuff and see what we could find.  Welcome to From the Vault!  Some of the older sets have a reputation for not being good.  Today we are going to talk about some cards from Homelands and while it doesn't have quite the reputation of Fallen Empires, it's pretty close.  See if you agree with us - and be sure to leave a comment on Facebook or email us at bubbaandthebug@gmail.com  We look forward to more From the Vault episodes!

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They recommend following Autumn Harry (@numu_wanderer) and Jolie Varela (@IndigenousWomenHike) on instagram for some education on how to move on from your mistakes and how to engage respectfully on Autumn's and Jolie's Homelands.

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