''Asian Diasporas'' is an intermittently-broadcast forty-minute
BBC Radio 4 documentary programme about Asian communities around the world, first transmitted in 2007 with so far three episodes.
The programme has been introduced by
Jatinder Verma
Jatinder Verma, MBE (born 1954), is a British theatre director and activist, who in 1977 co-founded the British Asian theatre company Tara Arts, leading it as artistic director.Bosanquet, Theo (15 January 2020)"Big Interviews: Jatinder Verma" ''Th ...
, "himself a child of the diaspora",
who was born in
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...
and grew up in
Kenya and was the first Asian theatre director to direct a play at Britain's
National Theatre.
Asian Diasporas broadcast history to date has consisted of ''Family'', which looked at Japanese people in Latin America and elsewhere; ''Business'', which examined Korean family business in the US; and ''Politics'', which focused on
Chinese dissident
This list consists of activists who are known as Chinese dissidents. The label is primarily applied to intellectuals who "push the boundaries" of society or criticize the policies of the government. Examples of the former include Wei Hui and Jia ...
activists in the US and in Europe. All three themes were interwoven into each episode.
The series was produced by Allison Puranik and edited by Maria Balinska.
Use in academia
Parts of the audio of the series have been used to teach
English as a second language to students at The
Hong Kong University.
The series was also featured as a
primary source by James Hevia in a course about
immigration at the
University of North Carolina.
References
External links
BBC Radio 4 'Asian Diasporas'- home page on BBC R4 website.
Asian diasporas
BBC Radio 4 programmes
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