Workshop - Mapping Memory: Somali Presence in the Archives

As part of Refugee Festival Scotland, following the CinemARC screening of A Story Left Behind, join us on a journey through archival research to uncover Somali history in the UK, prior to 1988. This creative workshop brings together historical records and personal memory, mapping the legacy of Somali presence in Sheffield and Glasgow. Asking us to critically examine archival representations for Somali & wider diasporic communities and challenge the dominance of public records as the sole source of history.

This workshop will be led by Asma Kabadeh, a Creative Producer and Filmmaker whose work bridges creative storytelling with community spacemaking in service of racial justice, land justice and archival justice. She is touring her directorial debut with ‘Sheeko Laga Tagay / A Story Left Behind’, a film which uncovers the fragmented stories of the first documented Somali woman in Sheffield and invites audiences to critically examine archival representations for Somali & wider diasporic communities and challenge the dominance of public records as the sole source of history in a roaming workshop setting.

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This event is part of Refugee Festival Scotland 2026 which runs from 12 - 21 June.

This event is free, but ticketed.

If you have any access requirements, please contact [email protected].

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