When: Saturday, September 16, 2023, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMWhere: Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, London E1
Workshop about a transcript from an oral history interview of Bengali immigrant Nawab Ali.
This workshop will centre around a transcript from an oral history interview made by the writer Caroline Adams. The interview’s subject was a Bengali immigrant to the UK called Nawab Ali who arrived here in 1939, just before the start of World War II. His story is extraordinary and reflects the richness and hardships of the lives of immigrants to this country and the East End specifically. Participants will be invited to read sections of the text and edit together their favourite parts of Ali’s story for further discussion in an informal group setting. The workshop will begin with an introduction to Alastair Levy’s exhibited work My Home In Morgan Street (2023).