The Italian translation of 'Song For a Former Slave' poem by London-based award author Jenny Mitchell. This version is read by Marianna Athime Corsoni,

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'Canzone Per una Ex-Schiava' said by Marianna Athime Corsoni

'Song From a Former Slave' is a poem written by award winner author Jenny Mitchell. Florence-based black opera singer Marianna Athime Corsoni lends her voice to Jenny's words for MONITORacism magazine www.monitoracism.eu Jenny Mitchell is joint winner of the Geoff Stevens’ Memorial Poetry Prize 2019, and winner of the Fosseway Poetry Competition 2020. She’s been published in several magazines including The Rialto, The Interpreter’s House and Under the Radar. Her work has been broadcast on BBC2 and Radio 4. A debut collection, Her Lost Language (Indigo Dreams Publishing) was selected as one of 44 Poetry Books of 2019 (Poetry Wales). @jennymitchellgo Illustration by Unknown Artist, if image is recognised please contact Indigo Dreams Publishing.

'Song For a Former Slave' said by Marianna Athime Corsoni

'Caribbean Service', a poem written by Jenny Mitchell, and read by the author for MONITORacism magazine www.monitoracism.eu Jenny Mitchell is joint winner of the Geoff Stevens’ Memorial Poetry Prize 2019, and winner of the Fosseway Poetry Competition 2020. She’s been published in several magazines including The Rialto, The Interpreter’s House and Under the Radar. Her work has been broadcast on BBC2 and Radio 4. A debut collection, Her Lost Language (Indigo Dreams Publishing) was selected as one of 44 Poetry Books of 2019 (Poetry Wales). @jennymitchellgo Photo by Billy Grant.

'Caribbean Service' said by the author

'Braiding' said by Claudia Zylbersztajn, written by Jenny Mitchell. For MONITORacism magazine www.monitoracism.eu Claudia Zylbersztajn is a London-based social worker. Jenny Mitchell is a poet, joint winner of the Geoff Stevens’ Memorial Poetry Prize 2019, and winner of the Fosseway Poetry Competition 2020. She’s been published in several magazines including The Rialto, The Interpreter’s House and Under the Radar. Her work has been broadcast on BBC2 and Radio 4. A debut collection, Her Lost Language (Indigo Dreams Publishing) was selected as one of 44 Poetry Books of 2019 (Poetry Wales). @jennymitchellgo

'Braiding' said by Claudia Zylbersztajn

The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is collecting and analysing data from across Europe to understand why the pandemic is having a much heavier death toll on ethnic minorities. For this 5th episode of our "Cuomo Files" series, Ojeaku Nwabuzo shares some insights from her research team on how social precarity and structural racism might have a role to play. For MONITOR Global Intelligence on Racism www.monitoracism.eu Ojeaku Nwabuzo is Senior Research Officer at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR).

Targeting Precarity

For the 2nd programme in "The Cuomo Files" Series, Jean Beaman tells us why African Americans have been hit harder by Covid-19 and, importantly, how their plight is a warning to us all. 'Why Black America?' by Jean Beaman, for MONITOR Global Intelligence on Racism www.monitoracism.eu Jean Beaman is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was previously on the faculty at Purdue University and has held visiting fellowships at Duke University and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).

Why Black America?

Responding to the New York Governor's appeal for research into the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on minority communities, MONITOR is introducing its 'Cuomo Files' with an incisive podcast by academic Nitzan Lebovic on the surveillance apparatus targeting minorities. For MONITOR, Global Intelligence On Racism www.monitoracism.eu

Surveillance/Pandemics- The Most Exiled

In a time of nationalism, anti-Roma violence and persecution is spreading across Europe at an alarming rate. Find out why with Dr Huub van Baar from the University of Amsterdam. Read his article "Anti-Roma Racism in the Age of Nationalism": http://monitoracism.eu/anti-roma-racism-at-a-time-of-nationalism/

Romaphobia In Europe

MONITOR is the world's first magazine that brings academic expertise on racism to public debate (www.monitoracism.eu) It is based at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence.

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