African recalls

"A conversation between African migrants recorded in the city of London, at the barbershop: one of the places where it is easiest to come into contact, a point of reference and socialisation. The conversation is accompanied by rhythms and melodies and takes place in a relaxed atmosphere. I thought of placing the recorded voices in a sonorous fresco intended as a metaphor for the journey. I imagined the difficulties and travails of a journey that winds between land and sea, in search of welcome and a safe harbour. 

"The narration evokes in the background the power of the elements: water, the waves of the sea, the wind, the deep motions of the Earth: forces capable of bending any human resistance. The recorded voices intervene at first in a fragmentary manner, then disperse and sometimes imitate melodies and rhythms (African music), while exclamations, exhortations, comments, laughter are heard."

Peckham barber shop reimagined by Dante Tanzi.

Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration. 

For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration