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Anti-slavery show explores Belfast diversity

A unique live show has opened in Belfast, celebrating the city’s black community and its links to the 19th Century anti-slavery campaigner, Frederick Douglass.

Douglass was given a warm welcome by the citizens of Belfast during his two-year speaking tour of the UK and Ireland which began in 1845.

During one of his speeches, he declared: “Wherever else I feel myself to be a stranger, I will remember I have a home in Belfast.”

It was this phrase which inspired the show’s creative director, Kwame Daniels, to explore what the concept of “home” means to the youth of Belfast who are growing up in an increasingly diverse city.

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