The Oral History Project Book

Tales of Three Generations of Bengalis in Britain

The project has been written up in the book: Tales of Three Generations of Bengalis in Britain
Compiled & Edited by John Eade with Ansar Ahmed Ullah, Jamil Iqbal & Marissa Hey

See pictures from the launch event

The book, which includes interviewee profiles and edited transcripts of the interviews is reproduced here in pdf format, split into the following parts:

• Book cover and introduction (pdf 221 KB)
  Table of contents, acknowledgements and preface by Prof John Eade , Executive Director CRONEM, University of Surrey and Ansar Ahmed Ullah Swadhinata Trust Nirmul Committee
• Strand 1 Introduction, Interviewee profiles and interviews (pdf 957 KB)
  Strand 1: Roots and memory - the history of Bangladesh and the 1971 war of independence Dialogue between first and third generation on the history of Bangladesh and the 1971 war of independence.
• Strand 2 Introduction, Interviewee profiles and interviews (pdf 716 KB)
  Strand 2: dialogue between second and third generation on welfare and community involvement in the UK, from the 1970s-80s.
• Strand 3 Introduction, Interviewee profiles and interviews (and book glossary) (pdf 540 KB)
  Strand 3: Popular culture - between tradition and innovation across three generations, mainly focussing on traditional and more recent British Bengali musical heritage
  
  

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