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Recordiad sain / Audio recording: Shawn Foster
Foster, Shawn Lenaine
(Interviewer)
Bennett, Lenaine
(Interviewer)
Oral history recording with Sawn Foster from the Back-a-Yard project. This project collected stories from older African-Caribbean people who came to live in Newport from the 1940s onwards, including their recollections of the Caribbean and reasons for coming to the UK. A partnership with the South East Wales Racial Equality Council (SEWREC) supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
AV 11766
Historical Associations
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 18/02/2015
Place: Casnewydd | Newport (Monmouthshire)
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 18/02/2015
Place: Jamaica
Creation/Production
Born in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, in 1970. She first moved to the UK in 1980 and lived in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The family went back to the Caribbean four years later, but returned shortly afterwards. She trained as a nurse in London.
Role: Interviewee
Role: Interviewer
Place: Casnewydd | Newport (Monmouthshire)
Period: 18/02/2015
Acquisition
Donation
Techniques
Digidol | born digital
Location
In store
Categories
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