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Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE (Race Archives and Community Engagement) Centre

Project Collections

Explore catalogues of collections which have been created through heritage and community projects.

Legacy of Ahmed Project

This project, managed by the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust was conducted in 2016 and aimed to mark the legacy of Ahmed by exploring the memories of his murder and the organisations that were established in memory of him, including the Ahmed Iqbal Memorial Trust and School, the Manchester Bangladeshi Women's Organisation Ananna and the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and Education Trust.

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Voices of Kosovo in Manchester Project

Manchester Aid to Kosovo (MaK) produced the VOKIM ‘Voices of Kosovo in Manchester’ project between September 2014 and March 2016. The project recorded and preserved the story of the Kosovar community in Manchester through various outputs including oral histories, a mobile multimedia exhibition and education resources.

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Tracing the Heritage of Zimbabweans Living in Greater Manchester Project

The Zimbabwe Women's Organisation (ZIWO) is a constituted voluntary group established by five Zimbabwean women in 2006. This collection consists of project papers detailing the development, management and promotion of the project; oral histories as collected by the volunteers on the project; and a book produced as one of the project outputs.

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Memories of Partition Project

An 18-month project run by Manchester Museum, which aimed to capture the collective memory of those affected by the 1947 Partition of India into independent nations of India and Pakistan (and subsequently Bangladesh in 1971). The collection consists of oral history and video interviews with participants; exhibition text and photographs of the exhibition space; visitor feedback; and artistic interpretation created in conjunction with the Royal Exchange Theatre.

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Forgotten Soldiers Project

This Heritage Lottery Funded project developed by Alchemy Arts aimed to raise awareness of Muslim soldiers and their contribution to Britain's war effort in both the First and Second World Wars. The collection includes a DVD documentary and booklet commemorating the contribution of Muslim soldiers to the World Wars.

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