Interviewee profiles and full transcripts (Strand 1)

Strand One Profiles

Tales of three generations of Bengalis in the Britain

Strand One – Roots and memory
the history of Bangladesh and the 1971 war of independence
Dialogue between first and third generation on the history of Bangladesh and the 1971 war of independence

Introduction to the 1st strand by Ansar Ahmed Ullah and John Eade

Below are links to the interviewee pages for this strand of the Oral History Project. The full transcript of the interviews (rather than the edited versions which appear in the book) are reproduced on these pages along with a profiles of the interviewees.

Interviewee NameInterview DateInterviewer
Mr. Abdur Rashid14 _ Jan _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Abdus Sami12 _ Jun _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Ajmat Ullah23 _ Jun _ 06Jamil Iqbal, Ansar Ahmed Ullah and Maliha Haque
Mrs. Anowara Jahan04 _ Jul _ 06Jamil Iqbal and Ansar Ahmed Ullah
Mr. Aziz Choudhury01 _ Feb _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mrs. Badrun Nesa Pasha18 _ Sep _ 06Jamil Iqbal and Ansar Ahmed Ullah
Mr. C.A.S Kabir27 _ Feb _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. F. Stephen Miles17 _ Mar _ 06Jamil Iqbal and Ansar Ahmed Ullah
Mr. Gulam Mustafa Choudhury10 _ Jun _ 06Jamil Iqbal and Ansar Ahmed Ullah
Mrs. Husna Matin30 _ Jan _ 06Jamil Iqbal and Ansar Ahmed Ullah
Mrs. Kulsum Ullah01 _ Jan _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Mathin Miah03 _ Jan _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Michael Barnes23 _ Feb _ 06Jamil Iqbal and Ansar Ahmed Ullah
Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim Baksh09 _ Jul _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Mohammed Israel25 _ Feb _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Nikhilesh Chakraborty30 _ Apr _ 06Jamil Iqbal and Abdul Shahid
Mrs. Nora Shariff16 _ Feb _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Sazzad Khan09 _ Mar _ 06Jamil Iqbal, Ansar Ahmed Ullah and Charlie Sen
Mr. Shahid Ali07 _ Jan _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Sultan Shariff16 _ Jan _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Tahir Ali19 _ Jan _ 06Jamil Iqbal
Mr. Tunu Miah17 _ Jan _ 06Jamil Iqbal and Ansar Ahmed Ullah