Nimba Tales

This collection contains twenty-five audio interviews, with written summary documents, including nineteen (19) transcribed interviews in French, with seven (7) translations into English, four (4) transcribed interviews in English, and one English translation of an interview in Mandingo, a native Guinean dialect.

The collection has been arranged into series: 1) Physical material transcription of interviews. 2) Digital transcription of interviews 3) Physical material produced from project 4) Audio-visual material produced from project.

There is a bound hard copy of these transcribed interviews, as well as the comic book which are accessible in the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre library.

24 hours notice is required to view this collection. Material will then be accessible through Manchester Central Library Search Room, Manchester Central Library, St. Peters Square, Manchester, M2 5PD. To access this collection please contact: rrarchive@manchester.ac.uk

The Nimba Tales project focused on the narrative oral stories and cultural traditions of the Guinean (Conakry) community that lives in Greater Manchester, and was conducted in 2015. As a result of years of civil unrest in Guinea Conakry and the outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa, the community living in Greater Manchester were frightened that the lives that continue to be claimed across Guinea would have a devastating effect on their oral traditions and culture. The Nimba Tales project recorded stories from all parts of Guinea and presented them creatively in a comic book to illustrate Guinean traditions and cultures so that current and future generations can have a permanent memory of their roots. The comic book was launched at a celebratory event held in October 2015. This project was delivered by Warm Hut UK and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.