Episode 35
What does it mean to be Swedish and Bengali? Listen to Sumaiya’s stories about growing up in a Stockholm suburb, working as a cultural producer, and raising her daughter in a society that continues to exclude and discriminate against people.
Recommended sources:
Brown History Podcast [a platform by Ahsun Zafar that engages with the history of the “brown community”]
DhakaYeah! [an artist’s instagram account of DhakaYeah!, a “visual poetry of a booming city with a nostalgia for its past”]
Joy Crookes [a British singer-songwriter born of a Bangladeshi mother and Irish father]
Ms. Marvel [a Pakistani-American Super Hero that protects the streets of Jersey City - available on Disney+]
Rupa. 1982. Aaj Shanibar. [a song from Disco Jazz, an Indian dance record - see here for more information about the album]
