This heart-breaking story about the death of Altab Ali oscillates between a village in Sylhet, Bangladesh and a flat in East London and dramatises the historic moment in 1978 when…
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The BanglaTown walk and talk is aimed at anybody interested in Bengali migration and settlement in the East End. It is an opportunity to learn about the Bengali community’s history…
The Altab Ali Story film was screened on 20 May 2017 at the Kobi Nazrul Centre. The tragic racist murder of Altab Ali in May of 1978 sent shockwaves through the...
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Defending Bangladesh bloggers under threat of death Background Secular humanist bloggers, activists, publishers, university lecturers, members of minority community & foreign nationals are being systematically targeted by religious extremists in...
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Bengali Music and Musicians in the UK Summary of Oral History Project to date Our collection of oral histories and interviews is a collaboration between the Swadhinata Trust and the...
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Tower Hamlets Council with Swadhinata Trust’s assistance has produced, in September 2004, a Bengali History Walk booklet Exploring Banglatown and the Bengali East End (pdf 444Kb) to introduce evidence of Bengali history…
Strand Three Profiles Tales of three generations of Bengalis in the Britain Strand Three – Popular culture between tradition and innovation across three generations, mainly focussing on traditional and more…
This year marks the start of remembrance for World War I and the Swadhinata Trust are pleased to be able to post this writing by Emma Bonne.
Tales of three generations of Bengalis in the Britain Strand Two – Community creativity dialogue between second and third generation on welfare and community involvement in the UK, from the…
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…