African Voices Platform - AVP

20/06/2026

Starting right now on African Voices radio is Echoes of Home. Tune in live on DAB, website and iOS

20/06/2026

19/06/2026

What if…

What if we told you that one of the world’s greatest living writers is coming to Sheffield?

Keep watching. Details soon!

19/06/2026

A disused public house will be transformed into a new community radio, tv studio and live arts space.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4ozjYBy

18/06/2026

The drum is not background.

In 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑾𝑨𝑴𝑷 𝑫𝑾𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑬𝑹𝑺, it announces the Kadiye, marks ceremony and shifts the room before a word is spoken.

Now Mr Culture Ayan De First-Mr Culture, performer and drummer in Utopia Theatre’s production, invites you in.

Join him for a hands-on West African drumming workshop at Utopia Creative Hub. Learn traditional rhythms, explore how drumming carries story and ceremony, and experience the sound world behind the play.

No experience needed.

Wednesday 8 July, from 2pm to 3pm
📍 Utopia Creative Hub | Sheffield
🎟 £5 per person
Only 20 places available

Book via the link in Utopia Theatre’s bio. You can also book tickets for 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑾𝑨𝑴𝑷 𝑫𝑾𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑬𝑹𝑺, running until 11 July with only 50 seats per performance.

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16/06/2026

🎶 BONUS EPISODE | AfriWoman Chats

As Sheffield prepares for Migration Matters Festival 2026 Migration Matters Festival 🧡 , we’re celebrating the music and artists bringing this year’s festival to life.

Join Tchiyiwe Chihana Tchiyiwe Thandiwe Chihana for a special music edition of AfriWoman Chats, featuring the sounds of some of this year’s standout performers, including:

🎵 Fuse ODG
🎵 K.O.G.
🎵 Aziza Jaye
🎵 Mim Suleiman

Together we’ll explore the music, stories and cultural influences that make Migration Matters one of Sheffield’s most important annual festivals.

📅 Tuesday 16 June 2026
🕟 4:30 PM (BST)

📻 Listen on African Voices Radio
• DAB in Sheffield
• Online
• Via the African Voices Radio app

Migration Matters Festival runs 19–27 June 2026 under this year’s theme, Forged by Migration.

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16/06/2026

Migration Matters Festival returns to Sheffield in June with a new director and a packed nine-day programme exploring identity and belonging to life through art, film, food and conversation.

Taking place on 19-27 June, the award-winning event is the UK’s largest Refugee Week festival, bringing together artists, performers and communities from around the world to celebrate the diverse communities and welcoming spirit of Sheffield, the UK’s first City of Sanctuary.

The theme for 2026, Forged by Migration, is a nod to the local steel industry and a reflection on the journeys and the people that have helped shape the city’s identity.

The 2026 festival offers art, film, food and conversation, in a nine-day event exploring identity and belonging

16/06/2026

On-set Interview with actor Jude Akuwudike | The Swamp Dwellers - Utopia Theatre

In this exclusive on-set conversation, Jude Akuwudike reflects on playing Makuri in Utopia Theatre’s new production of Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers, directed by Dr Mojisola Kareem.

Filmed during rehearsals, this is a conversation about land, identity, dignity, memory and the quiet resilience of those who persist.

Jude explores:
• The heart and contradictions of Makuri
• Loss, harvest and the changing landscape
• Why The Swamp Dwellers continues to speak powerfully to audiences today
• What first-time audiences should look out for in Soyinka’s work

As media partners, African Voices Platform is taking you behind the scenes of one of this summer’s most significant theatre productions.
Interview hosted by Baillor Jalloh.

🎥 Watch the full interview here:
🔗 https://youtu.be/SvYMQh_DqsA?is=cTitfYomXV274Q_2

The Swamp Dwellers runs 29 June – 11 July at Utopia Theatre Creative Hub, Sheffield.

Each showing is exclusive to 50 audience members.

🎟️ https://www.utopiatheatre.co.uk/project/the-swamp-dwellers/

Join us for an intimate on-set interview with Jude Akuwudike as Mak...

15/06/2026