'Stolen from God' in Bristol with Reg Meuross, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and Modou Ndiaye
Folk on Foot
Matthew Bannister
4.8 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The history of the transatlantic slave trade and its legacy in Bristol are at the heart of this episode. It features West Country singer Reg Meuross, concertina player Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and kora player Modou Ndaiye performing music from Reg’s powerful “Stolen from God” song cycle as we follow the route taken by the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston which was toppled from its plinth by Black Lives Matter protesters and thrown into the harbour. We also visit the Bristol Beacon (formerly Colston Hall), the Cathedral and the MShed Museum where the statue now lies on its back, covered in graffiti and surrounded by replicas of the banners carried during that day of protest. A perfect backdrop for the song “Good Morning Mr. Colston”.
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| 1:14.8 | Over the last few months, I've been taking part in an important and very moving project. |
| 1:21.9 | It's called Stolen from God, and it's a song cycle about the history of the transatlantic slave trade, |
| 1:26.1 | written by the West Country singer and songwriter Reg Mures. |
| 1:33.2 | And today we've come to Bristol to learn more about that disturbing time in our history with Reg and his fellow musicians, Cohen Braithwaite Kilcoyne, the concertina player, |
| 1:39.0 | and the Cora player, Madhu Njai. |
| 1:41.3 | And we're going to walk through this city, which is redolent with the history of that terrible trade. |
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