Manchester-based composer creates requiem to honour enslaved Africans
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This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the Classical Music category. Published on October 11, 2026 • Originally reported by Aamna Mohdin Communty affairs correspondent. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.
This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the Classical Music category. Published on October 11, 2026 • Originally reported by Aamna Mohdin Communty affairs correspondent. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.
David Önaç uses insurance documents for work funded by Lloyd’s of London after research uncovered its slavery links
A centuries-old insurance document detailing the trafficking of enslaved Africans began with the words: “In the name of God, Amen.”
For Dr Errol Francis, the artistic director and chief executive of the arts and heritage charity Culture&, the contradiction was striking: an invocation of God in a document that treated human beings as cargo.
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