Grandma, Guyana and Me

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Habula Karamat is 81 years old and lives in Guyana. She has eight children – but none of them live in her home country. All eight emigrated, in search of a better life overseas. They include the mother of BBC reporter Tiffany Sweeney, who was born and brought up in the UK. For the first time as an adult, Tiffany travels to Guyana with her mother. She learns about what impelled her mother to leave and what she gained by the transition - but also what was lost.

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0:00.0	Hello from the BBC World Service and welcome to the latest edition of the
0:05.0	documentary podcast. Every week we bring you a range of stories from our
0:09.5	presenters and reporters across the world. If you have the time please rate the documentary
0:15.0	on your podcast app and leave us a comment. Let us know what you think.
0:20.0	I'm Tiffany Sweeney. This is Grandma Guyana and me, a podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:27.0	So the things you can actually give away that I don't want.
0:30.0	I will kid.
0:31.0	My mum sat on the sofa in my cold South London flat, surrounded by large
0:36.3	suitcases. She's asked me to find clothes to give to our family in Guyana, but
0:42.4	doesn't approve of all my choices.
0:45.0	What is this Tiffany? What is this?
0:48.0	Is this something that people wear?
0:50.0	This can't be possible a human being put this on. I wish there was a camera. What is this?
0:57.0	I wouldn't even take this to Guyana for people because they wouldn't even know what it's for.
1:02.0	You're so mean about my clothes.
1:03.4	Yeah, I came up.
1:04.9	I've had it for ages when you used to wear it in the summer obviously.
1:07.8	I don't wear it anymore.
1:08.8	That is it?
1:09.8	No, it's a little hot pants.
1:11.8	I don't. That dress dress is decent, you know.
1:15.0	That little jumsuits nice. My name is Tiffany Sweeney. I'm a journalist at the BBC. My mum Maureen de
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