Tag: Race Relations
A Century Later: Ethnic Minorities in Northern Ireland – Identities and Shared Histories
The history and impact of British colonialism across the globe and its part in shaping the multicultural society that Northern Ireland is today.
Alfred Abolarin
Born in northern Nigeria, in Zaria, where he grew up, Alfred has lived in Northern Ireland for twenty years. It was the offer of a job, which brought Alfred to Belfast in the early 1990s. “I was offered a job in Ph...
Becoming Irish – Stories of an Indian Community
Connections between India and Ireland have been evolving since at least the 18th century but it wasn’t until after World War Two, that people from India came to Northern Ireland in significant numbers, many of them af...
Belfast Integration & Participation Project
The Crescent Arts Centre was the venue for a celebration of the Belfast Integration and Participation Project (BIPP). The project - the product of a collaboration between GEMS, the Law Centre, South Belfast...
Chinese New Year 2009
Chinese New Year 2009 is a colourful display of music, song and dance featuring acts from the Qinghai province of China. Produced with the generous support of the Mandarin Speakers Association
Getting to Know You: Natty Wailer
In a very special edition of this programme series, Julius interviews Rasta Natty Wailer, Reggae Ambassador to Northern Ireland, Ireland and the whole wide world. Member of the Legendary Bob Marley and the Wai...
Joseph Ricketts
Born and raised in Jamaica, Joseph’s father was a contractor who believed his sons should be responsible for their own land and be able to manage work on a farm. When they came of age, Joseph and his three brothers ha...
Journeys & Destinations
Documentary exploring the lived experience of mothers and daughters in three minority ethnic communities and how families interact between the generations in a multicultural society. Thirty six women from the Chine...
Lynda Walker
Lynda Walker grew up in Sheffield, England and came from a working class background. “It was a fairly run down area, we lived in a couple of rooms in the back of a shop, but we moved onto one of the bigger estates ...
Mo McDevitt
Mo was born on the Donegall Road in Matilda Street and moved to Ashley Avenue on the Lisburn Road in south Belfast when she was 5 years old. “It was not the Golden Mile, but it was an area of warm people, again the...
Multi-Cultural Food & Arts Festival
A look back to 1997 and the Food and Art Festival held to celebrate European Year Against Racism which offered 25,000 portions of home cooked food cuisine from more than 30 different cultures living in Belfast. (Ch...
Sharing Space in South Belfast – A Story of Three Working Class Communities
The first in Northern Visions' Shared Space series explores the experiences of three working class communities in South Belfast and how they are working with the many ethnic minorities coming to live in Belfast from e...