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The History Hour: Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash

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10/06/2023 GMT

Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash

BBC World Service - The History Hour, Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash

Why children like Adamie Kalingo were taken from their indigenous communities in Canada

We hear about a ceremony in Niger in 2005 to free thousands of slaves, plus why a 12-year-old boy was taken from his Inuit community to be educated in a Canadian city.

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History and Sporting Witness stories.

We hear about the Inuit children taken away from their homes and culture, to be educated in Canadian cities. Adamie Kalingo tells his story about being placed with a foster family in Ottawa in 1964. Dr Raven Sinclair explains how Adamie’s story was part of a wider program of resettling Indigenous children.

Also, the crash at Le Mans which killed 80 people in 1955; the ceremony in 2005, organised by campaigner Ilguilas Weila, to free 7,000 slaves in Niger; plus, the forensic artist whose reconstructions have helped solve murders.

Finally, we find out whether a man can ever beat a horse in a race.

Contributors:
Adamie Kalingo, taken from his Inuit community in 1964
Dr Raven Sinclair, retired professor of social work
John Fitch, racing driver
Ilguilas Weila, anti-slavery campaigner
Richard Neave, forensic artist
Huw Lobb, long distance runner
Gordon Green, creator of the Man v Horse race

(Photo: Adamie Kalingo in 2023. Credit: Adamie Kalingo)

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