Talk: Racial hierarchy in Edwardian Yorkshire by Prof Fozia Bora

Talk: Racial hierarchy in Edwardian Yorkshire: Bradford's Somali Village of 1904, by Prof Fozia Bora 

Thursday 20th November 2025 at 12pm. Free. No Booking Required.  University of Leeds,  Baines Wing 3.06.

Part of the city of Bradford's Great Exhibition of 1904, showcasing the city's industrial and technological innovation, a group of 57 Somalis displayed their "culture" to the general public through building and inhabiting a "Somali Village" in Lister Park for six months. This talk explores a disturbing yet surprising form of cultural encounter, through a local and global history that has been forgotten, yet has much to teach us today.

Public talk followed by Q&A with Professor Fozia Bora, School of Languages, Cultures, and Societies, University of Leeds.

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