NPR Next Generation Radio August 2021
This #nprnextgenradio project is created in Colorado, where five talented reporters are participating in a week-long state-of-the-art training program.
In this project we are speaking to people representing a diversity of experiences and backgrounds in gender identity, physical ability, whether they are Indigenous, native born, a refugee or an immigrant without legal status—to ask what it means to be an "American.”
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Audio Story: An African-Caribbean British woman plants roots in her late husband’s hometown and embraces her new American life
Sylvia Lambe shares how she has embraced her American life since moving to Denver after the death of her husband. Read digital story: An African-Caribbean British woman plants roots in her late husband’s hometown and embraces her new American life | Next Generation Radio CPR 2021 (nextgenradio.org)
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Audiogram: Black British food vs African American food
Sylvia Lambe compares African American food to Black British food
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Audiogram: Colorism
Sylvia Lambe talks about her encounters with colorism while living in America
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Audiogram: Right at home
One of the first places Sylvia Lambe visited after moving to Denver was the Black American West Museum and Heritage Center in the historically Black district of the Five Points. She talks about how visiting the museum felt like home.
