Description
This guided tour, led by curator Fozia Bora, explores a powerful and often overlooked chapter in Bradford’s history.
Revisiting the 1904 Great Exhibition in Lister Park, the exhibition highlights the Somali Village, where 57 Somali men, women and children were exhibited for six months as part of a colonial display. While the original exhibition celebrated industry and innovation, this event asks how empire shaped Bradford’s cultural institutions, public spaces and collective memory.
Through stories, artworks and archival material, the tour invites audiences to look beyond the spectacle, question whose histories are remembered and reflect on how these legacies continue to shape the city today.
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