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woventogetherdundee
Jul 29, 20233 min read
From Uganda to Dundee – Charles Kasaja Stokes
Charles Kasaja Stokes was the son of Nanjala Malyamu Magudaleene and Charles Henry Stokes, an Irish missionary-turned-salesman in East...
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woventogetherdundee
Jul 29, 20233 min read
Chinese Cuisine comes to Dundee
“Dundee will have a Chinese restaurant” was the bold claim of a Courier headline on 8 November 1960, after the Corporation Planning...
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woventogetherdundee
Nov 24, 202210 min read
The Black Lady of Logie - a ghost story of Dundee and the British Empire
Once upon a time, in Scotland’s second city of the Empire, there was an estate called Logie, and it was home to the Read family. Logie,...
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woventogetherdundee
Nov 24, 20224 min read
Caribbean Jazz in Dundee
In the 1930s and 40s Dundee was temporarily home to three major names in Caribbean Jazz. The story starts in 1938, when the Palace...
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woventogetherdundee
Nov 24, 20229 min read
Joseph Knight, A Slave - Fact and Fiction
A young boy, whose own name has never been determined, was transported by slave traders from Guinea on the west coast of Africa to...
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woventogetherdundee
Nov 24, 20226 min read
Breaking the Chains – Exploring Dundee’s Connections to Slavery
Breaking the Chains is a new map and walking trail created by Leisure & Culture Dundee and the University of Dundee Museums in...
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woventogetherdundee
Oct 5, 20222 min read
Meet Sharp and Nnenna Ugwuocha at the RCCG House of Praise Dundee
In these exclusive interviews for Woven Together, we meet Sharp Okorie Ugwuocha, engineer and Pastor of RCCG House of Praise Dundee and...
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woventogetherdundee
Oct 5, 20227 min read
Ambition and Education – Medical Students from India in the 1910s
“At present the question is whether medical education is to be part of the future ambition of Dundee… now I not only think Dundee...
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